Cryosurgery for common skin conditions

American Family Physician

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2365-2372

  Andrews, Mark D ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Fam and Community Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN; PODOCON 25; PODOPHYLLIN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ANESTHESIA; BLEEDING; BLISTER; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CRYOSURGERY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DEVICE; FREEZING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRANULATION TISSUE; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LENTIGO; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; REVIEW; SCAR; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DISEASE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE REMOVAL; THAWING; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WOUND CARE;

CRYOSURGERY; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; NITROGEN; PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 2442645283     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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