Artificial skin as a valuable adjunct to surgical treatment of a large squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 474-476

  Dagregorio, Guy ^a   Guillet, Gerard ^a  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER; POLYSILOXANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE COURSE; DONOR SITE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 16844364858     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200504000-00018     Document Type: Article

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