Bowen's disease treated by carbon dioxide laser. A series of 44 patients

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 293-299

  Covadonga Martinez Gonzalez, M ^a   Del Pozo, Jesüs ^a   Paradela, Sabela ^a   Fernändez Jorge, Beatriz ^a   Fernändez Torres, Rosa ^a   Fonseca, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bowen's disease; Carbon dioxide laser; Dermatologic surgery; Epidermal vaporization; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUOROURACIL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; POVIDONE IODINE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOWEN DISEASE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; KELOID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOWEN'S DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51049101051     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: 14711753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09546630701870772     Document Type: Article

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