Surgical treatment of subungual glomus tumor: A unique and simple method

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 786-791

  Song, Margaret ^a   Ko, Hyun Chang ^a   Kwon, Kyung Sool ^a   Kim, Moon Bum ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SKIN NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65349167807     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01129.x     Document Type: Article

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