Consequences of using escharotic agents as primary treatment for nonmelanoma skin cancer

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1593-1596

  McDaniel, Shana ^a   Goldman, Glenn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANSEMA; CAUSTIC AGENT; CURADERM; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HERBVEIL 8; PLANT EXTRACT; SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALING; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; KELOID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN CANCER; SKIN IRRITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036900719     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.138.12.1593     Document Type: Article

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