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Laser Treatment of Leg Veins

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Damaged venous valves result in varicose or spider vein formation. Commonly, venous obstruction is caused by increased pressure of reverse blood flow within the superficial venous valve or from direct traumatic injury to the vein.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, CompleteSkinMD, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Julie K. Karen

  2. Department of Dermatology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA

    Shields Callahan

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Karen, J.K., Callahan, S. (2018). Laser Treatment of Leg Veins. In: Nouri, K. (eds) Lasers in Dermatology and Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76118-3_5

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