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Vitiligo and other pigmentary disorders

Treatment of melasma by low-fluence 1064 nm Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

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Pages 212-217 | Received 27 Jun 2012, Accepted 19 Sep 2012, Published online: 24 Feb 2013

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