A 1.8-kg keloid of the arm [23]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 335-336

  Prado, Arturo S ^a,b   Fontbona, Monserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Ofic 210 ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; IRIDIUM 192; POLYETHYLENE; PROCOLLAGEN; SILICONE GEL; SUTURE MATERIAL; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETER; CHILE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KELOID; LETTER; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCAR; SUTURING METHOD; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; VACCINATION;

EID: 33644869188     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000196267.51812.14     Document Type: Letter

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