History of dermatologic cryosurgery

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 715-722

  Kuflik, Emanuel G ^a,e   Gage, Andrew A ^b   Lubritz, Ronald R ^c   Graham, Gloria F ^d  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSURGERY; HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ART; ARTICLE; DERMATOLOGY; HUMAN; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

CRYOSURGERY; DERMATOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PORTRAITS; SKIN DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033858806     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.00508.x     Document Type: Review

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