Previous injuries or scars as risk factors for the development of basal cell carcinoma

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-15

  Özyazgan, Irfan ^a,b   Kontaş, Olgun ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aetiology; BCC; Scar; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN SCAR; CARCINOGENESIS; DOG BITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; SEX RATIO; SKIN INCISION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1342284362     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310310005883     Document Type: Article

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