Mohs surgery for basal cell carcinoma assisted by dermoscopy: Report of two cases

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2031-2035

  Terushkin, Vitaly ^a   Wang, Steven Q ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHEMOSURGERY; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE DURATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXCISION; FOREHEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SCAR; SKIN DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TECHNICAL AID; THYROID CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME; ULCER;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MOHS SURGERY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 72349098587     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01329.x     Document Type: Article

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