Treatment of basal cell carcinoma with the pulsed carbon dioxide laser: A retrospective analysis

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1214-1218

  Iyer, Shilesh ^a   Bowes, Leyda ^a   Kricorian, Greg ^a   Friedli, Andre ^a   Fitzpatrick, Richard E ^a  

^a Dermatology Associates of San Diego County Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4744370818     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30378.x     Document Type: Article

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