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  1. Lasercare Clinics, City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK

    Sean W. Lanigan MD, FRCP, DCH (Consultant Dermatologist)

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    David J. Goldberg (Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists of New York and New Jersey) (Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists of New York and New Jersey)

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Lanigan, S.W. (2005). Laser Treatment of Vascular Lesions. In: Goldberg, D.J. (eds) Laser Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27205-4_2

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