Treatment of large and giant nevi

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-18

  Bauer, Bruce S ^a,b   Corcoran, Julia ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CURETTAGE; HUMAN; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MUSCLE FLAP; NEVUS CELL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHAKOMATOSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SKIN ABRASION; TISSUE EXPANSION; CHILD; METHODOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

CHILD; HUMANS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 14744287425     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2004.08.004     Document Type: Review

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