The importance of reviewing pathology specimens before Mohs surgery

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-412

  Butler, Susan T ^a   Youker, Summerr ^a   Mandrell, Joshua ^a   Flanagan, Katherine H ^a   Fosko, Scott W ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD;

AGED; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CHEMOSURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELASTOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PAGET SKIN DISEASE; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE SECTION;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MOHS SURGERY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 62449321925     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.01056.x     Document Type: Review

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