Guidelines for cryotherapy

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Sharma, Vinod K ^a   Khandpur, Sujay ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cryosurgery; Dermatosurgery

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; DIMETHYL ETHER; LIQUID NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPANE;

ACNE; ALOPECIA; ANAMNESIS; BENIGN TUMOR; BLEEDING; BLISTER; CARTILAGE INJURY; COLD URTICARIA; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOSURGERY; EDEMA; FIBROXANTHOMA; FREEZE THAWING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMA; PAIN; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRECANCER; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; REVIEW; SCAR; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN HYPERTROPHY; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 69249140642     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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