Current treatment options for port wine stain birthmarks
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Current Treatment Options for Port Wine Stain Birthmarks.
I applaud Qin et al. for their publication, “Photodynamic therapy of port wine stains – a report of 238 cases”1. Such extensive experience with photodynamic therapy (PDT) for port wine stains (PWS) is impressive and I believe, unequaled in the Western world. In the United States and Europe, pulsed lasers and light sources, especially the pulsed dye laser (PDL; wavelengths = 585 or 595 nm) are t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1572-1000
DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2007.05.002