Cryosurgery

Current Problems in Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 229-250

  Graham, Gloria F ^a   Barham, Kelly L ^a   Jorizzo, Joseph L ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ALOPECIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLEEDING; BLISTER; CHONDROPATHY; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CRYOSURGERY; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KELOID; LENTIGINOSIS; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MYXOID CYST; NERVE INJURY; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; PIGMENT DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRECANCER; PRURIGO NODULARIS; PSEUDOEPITHELIOMATOUS HYPERPLASIA; PSORIASIS; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SYNCOPE; TISSUE INJURY; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

EID: 0347411158     PISSN: 10400486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1040-0486(03)00077-2     Document Type: Review

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