Skin surgery in patients 90 years of age and over

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 547-550

  Taniguchi, Yoshiki ^a   Shimizu, Yoshiharu ^a   Inachi, Shin ^a   Shimizu, Masayuki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031819677     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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