Q/What's the best treatment for pyogenic granuloma?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-42

  Gilmore, Ari ^a   Kelsberg, Gary ^a   Safranek, Sarah ^b  

^a Valley Family Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; EXCISION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NOTE; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; SCAR FORMATION; SCLEROTHERAPY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

CRYOTHERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECISION MAKING; GRANULOMA, PYOGENIC; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; RECURRENCE; SCLEROTHERAPY;

EID: 75149165378     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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