Early curettage of giant congenital naevi in children

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 341-345

  Casanova, D ^a   Bardot, J ^a   Andrac Meyer, L ^a   Magalon, G ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACK; CURETTAGE; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SHOULDER; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031953158     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02088.x     Document Type: Article

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