Morphoeic basal cell carcinoma of the face

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 184-188

  Erba, Paolo ^a   Farhadi, Jian ^a   Wettstein, Reto ^a   Arnold, Andreas ^a   Harr, Thomas ^a   Pierer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Frozen section analysis; Gender; Grade of surgeons; Safety margin; Skin cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BIOPSY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACE TUMOR; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, BASAL CELL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548088455     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310701282138     Document Type: Article

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