Aggressive central giant cell lesion of the maxilla: Surgical management and the use of adjuvant interferon alfa-2a

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Baker, Stephen B ^a,d   Parikh, Pranay M ^a   Rhodes, Deanne N ^b   Abu Ghosh, Amal ^c   Shad, Aziza T ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; BONE GRAFT; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LETTER; MAXILLA RESECTION; MAXILLA TUMOR; MORBIDITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL TUMOR OF BONE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67749095006     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31817d5f3d     Document Type: Letter

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