Postsclerotherapy pigmentation: Is serum ferritin level an accurate indicator?

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-282

  Scott, Constance ^a,b   Seiger, Eric ^a  

^a Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital   (United States)

^b Apt 30104 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; SCLEROSING AGENT; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0030965381     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1997.tb00044.x     Document Type: Review

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