Reply to ‘Use of hydrogel pad in laser treatment of tattoos’
✍ Scribed by Philip A. Wright; Wendy J. Wareham; Daniel C. Widdowson
- Book ID
- 119201089
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 40 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1878-0539
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