Comparison of cryotherapy and curettage for the treatment of pyogenic granuloma: A randomized trial

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 671-675

  Ghodsi, S Z ^a   Raziei, M ^a   Taheri, A ^a   Karami, M ^a   Mansoori, P ^a   Farnaghi, F ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cryotherapy; Curettage; Electrodesiccation; Pyogenic granuloma; Randomized trial; Scar

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DESICCATION; ELECTRODESICCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SAFETY; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CURETTAGE; SKIN SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CICATRIX; CRYOSURGERY; CURETTAGE; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PYOGENIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644864783     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06923.x     Document Type: Article

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