Mohs surgery: Debulking specimens - To submit or discard - That is the question

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 399-400

  Geisse, John K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Solano Dermatology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; MOHS SURGERY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034113569     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.00804.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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