Surgical pearl: Curettage before cutaneous surgery to identify an unidentifiable biopsy site

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 591-592

  Lutz, Michael E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMOSURGERY; CURETTAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0036553476     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.118541     Document Type: Article

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