Port-wine stains on the neck respond better to a pulsed dye laser than lesions on the face: An intrapatient comparison study with histopathology.

J Am Acad Dermatol

Department of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Electronic address:

Published: March 2019

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