Mohs micrographic excision of lentigo maligna using Mel-5 for margin control

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-17

  Gross, Edward A ^a   Andersen, William K ^b   Rogers, Gary S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEIN MEL 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STAINING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LENTIGO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0032952425     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.135.1.15     Document Type: Article

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