History of cryotherapy

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Freiman, Anatoli ^a   Bouganim, Nathaniel ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LIQUID NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AEROSOL; AMPUTATION; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; APPARATUS; BLISTER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLD; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; FREEZING; HEADACHE; HEALING; HEMANGIOMA; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; KERATOSIS; LEUKOPLAKIA; LICHEN PLANUS; LIQUEFACTION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MECHANICAL PROBE; NEURALGIA; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; ULCUS MOLLE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 24044553295     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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