Burn scar carcinoma: Diagnosis and management

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 561-565

  Phillips, Tania J ^a   Salman, Salah M ^b   Bhawan, Jag ^a   Rogers, Gary S ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CASE REPORT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN ULCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031968692     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1998.tb04207.x     Document Type: Article

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