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CASE REPORT

Novel technique to treat melasma in Chinese: The combination of 2940-nm fractional Er:YAG and 1064-nm Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

Pages 72-74 | Received 20 Feb 2015, Accepted 08 Jun 2015, Published online: 02 Feb 2016

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