Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 462-473 , September 2007

Ablative laser resurfacing: high-energy pulsed carbon dioxide and erbium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet

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doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2007.07.003

Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 462-473 , September 2007

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