Keratoacanthoma: Is it a real entity?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 469-472

  Manstein, Carl H ^a,c   Frauenhoffer, Christopher J ^b   Besden, Jodi E ^a  

^a St Mary Medical Center   (United States)

^b St Mary's Medical Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOACANTHOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KERATOACANTHOMA; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031926375     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199805000-00004     Document Type: Article

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