Treatment of port-wine stains with a short pulse width 532-nm Nd:YAG laser

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-71

  Reddy, Kavitha K ^a   Brauer, Jeremy A ^a   Idriss, Munir H ^b   Anolik, Robert ^a   Bernstein, Leonard ^a   Brightman, Lori ^a   Hale, Elizabeth ^a   Karen, Julie ^a   Weiss, Elliot ^a   Elston, Dirk ^b   Geronemus, Roy G ^a  

^a LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ACKERMAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOPATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURPURA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN COLOR; THICKNESS;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; COLOR; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PURPURA; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873464870     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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