Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 2-7 , January 2006

LASER-tissue interactions

  • Lisa Carroll, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dermatology LTD., Media, PA 19063, USA
    • ,
  • Tatyana R. Humphreys, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 215 955 4118.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2005.10.019

Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 2-7 , January 2006

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