An effective extraction technique for the treatment of closed macrocomedones

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 741-744

  Kaya, Tamer Irfan ^a,b   Tursen, Umit ^a   Kokturk, Aysin ^a   Ikizoglu, Guliz ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED MACROCOMEDONE; COMEDO; COMEDONE EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; CAUTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038492407     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29190.x     Document Type: Article

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