Hypothesis that embolization is an important mechanism in the laser destruction of cutaneous vascular lesions.
It is hypothesized that laser-induced red blood cell aggregations form emboli that assist in the therapeutic effect of lasers on vascular lesions.
Bekhor
Philip
P
Laser Unit, Department of Dermatology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. philbek@hotmail.com
D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000532:radiotherapy*