A simple and effective technique for the cryotherapy of digital mucous cysts

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1280-1282

  Minami, Shoichiro ^a   Nakagawa, Noboru ^a   Ito, Takaaki ^a   Sadanobu, Naoya ^a   Lin, Yoshiaki ^a   Natsuaki, Masaru ^a   Yamanishi, Kiyofumi ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; CYST; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NAIL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

CRYOTHERAPY; CYSTS; FINGERS; HUMANS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 34848823480     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33267.x     Document Type: Article

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