The clinical superiority of continuous exposure versus short-pulsed carbon dioxide laser exposures for the treatment of pearly penile papules

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 124-126

  McKinlay, Joseph R ^a   Graham, Bradley S ^a   Ross, E Victor ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HUMAN; MALE; PAPULE; PENIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANGIOFIBROMA; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PENILE NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033498786     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.08075.x     Document Type: Article

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