Common benign skin tumors

American Family Physician

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 729-738

  Luba, Mark C ^a,c   Bangs, Scott A ^b,d   Mohler, Andrew M ^c,e   Stulberg, Daniel L ^b  

^a Cigna   (United States)

^b UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ALBERT LEA EYE CLINIC   (United States)

^e Museum of Western Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; EFFUDEX; FLUOROURACIL; ISOTRETINOIN; LIQUID NITROGEN; METHOTREXATE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON;

ANGIOMA; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DESICCATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EPIDERMOID CYST; EXCISION; FIBROMATOSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOACANTHOMA; LIPOMA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS CYST; SEBACEOUS GLAND HYPERPLASIA; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR;

EID: 0037443096     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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