Complex facial nevi: A surgical algorithm

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-35

  Gur, Eyal ^b   Zuker, Ronald M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL NEVUS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 0033916764     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200007000-00005     Document Type: Article

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