Treatment of congenital facial nevi

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 897-903

  Leshem, David ^a,b   Gur, Eyal ^a,c   Meilik, Benjamin ^a,c   Zuker, Ronald M ^a,b  

^a University of Toronto ^*

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Congenital facial nevi; Facial reconstruction; Tissue expansion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FACE NEVUS; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 26444565806     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.scs.0000179756.59778.9b     Document Type: Article

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