Deep shave excision of macular melanocytic nevi with the razor blade biopsy technique

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 662-666

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Senger, Erik ^b   Rapp, Solveig ^a   Alamouti, Darius ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Office of Dermatology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033927913     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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