The inadequacy of punch-excised melanocytic lesions: Sampling through the block for the determination of "margins"

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 990-993

  Chang, Timothy T ^a   Somach, Stephen C ^a   Wagamon, Kyle ^a   Somani, Ally Khan ^a   Pomeranz, Jerome ^a   Jaworsky, Christine ^a   Bass, Jonathan ^a   Winfield, Harry L ^a   Sigel, Jessica E ^a   Rosenberg, Arlene S ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 65649090982     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.09.037     Document Type: Article

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