Comparative treatment of giant congenital melanocytic nevi with curettage or Er:YAG laser ablation alone versus with cultured epithelial autografts

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1660-1667

  Whang, Kyu Kwang ^a,c   Kim, Myoung Joo ^a   Song, Won Keun ^a   Cho, Soyun ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 29744442702     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6350.2005.31305     Document Type: Article

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