Successful treatment of recalcitrant dissecting cellulitis of the scalp with complete scalp excision and split-thickness skin graft

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1068-1070

  Bellew, Supriya G ^a   Nemerofsky, Robert ^a   Schwartz, Robert A ^a   Granick, Mark S ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; ISOTRETINOIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISSECTING CELLULITIS OF THE SCALP; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CELLULITIS; HUMANS; MALE; SCALP; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0141731208     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29305.x     Document Type: Article

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