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Hypothesis that embolization is an important mechanism in the laser destruction of cutaneous vascular lesions
Author(s) -
Bekhor Philip
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2006.00238.x
Subject(s) - medicine , embolization , laser , mechanism (biology) , pathology , laser treatment , surgery , optics , philosophy , epistemology , physics
SUMMARY It is hypothesized that laser‐induced red blood cell aggregations form emboli that assist in the therapeutic effect of lasers on vascular lesions.