The influence of surgical excision margins on keloid prognosis

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-58

  Tan, Kian Tjon ^a   Shah, Nigam ^b   Pritchard, Susan A ^b   McGrouther, Duncan Angus ^a   Bayat, Ardeshir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excision margin; Histopathology; Keloid; Prognosis; Recurrence; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149109457     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31819b6c3a     Document Type: Article

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