Mohs surgery for the treatment of melanoma in situ: A review

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-402

  Dawn, Marianne Edwards ^b   Dawn, Aerlyn G ^c   Miller, Stanley J ^a,d  

^a Charles Towson Building ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD; MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FROZEN SECTION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUN EXPOSURE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34147105998     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33085.x     Document Type: Review

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