Intense pulsed light is effective in treating pigmentary and vascular complications of CO2 laser resurfacing
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عنوان ژورنال: Aesthetic Surgery Journal
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1090-820X
DOI: 10.1067/maj.2002.128623