Current topics in nail surgery

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 324-335

  Alam, Murad ^a,b   Scher, Richard K ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Atchley Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INGROWN NAIL; LASER SURGERY; NAIL; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032880882     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/120347549900300611     Document Type: Review

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