Cryosurgery for common skin lesions: Treatment in family physicians' offices

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 45, Issue APR., 1999, Pages 964-974

  Wetmore, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSURGERY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRYOSURGERY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033113211     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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