Case report of laser resurfacing as a skin cancer prophylaxis

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 513-516

  Massey, Ralph A ^a   Eliezri, Yehuda D ^a,b  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER PREVENTION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUVA; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN SURGERY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033037208     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.08260.x     Document Type: Article

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