Silicone gel sheeting for the management and prevention of onychocryptosis

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-264

  Aksakal, A Burhan ^a,b   Özsoy, Esra ^a   Ali GüRer, Mehmet ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; INGROWN NAIL; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NAIL BED; ONYCHOCRYPTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NAILS, INGROWN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; SILICONE GELS;

EID: 0037347072     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29061.x     Document Type: Article

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