Cryosurgery in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma: Assessment of one and two freeze-thaw cycle schedules

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 854-858

  Mallon, Eleanor ^a   Dawber, Rodney ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029860179     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1996.tb00588.x     Document Type: Article

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