Noninfective Cutaneous Granuloma with Leuprorelin Acetate-Reality or Myth

Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 779.e5-779.e6

  Dangle, Pankaj ^a   Palit, Victor ^a   Sundaram, S K ^a   Weston, Philip ^a  

^a PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GOSERELIN; LEUPRORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPITHELIOID CELL; GIANT CELL; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION SITE GRANULOMA; INJECTION SITE REACTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SKIN GRANULOMA; SKIN NODULE;

EID: 34147174002     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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