Liquid nitrogen: Temperature control in the treatment of actinic keratosis

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1956-1961

  Goldberg, Leonard H ^a,b,c   Kaplan, Baruch ^d   Vergilis Kalner, Irene ^a,b,c   Landau, Jennifer ^a  

^a DERMSURGERY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN REDNESS; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN ULCER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MALE; NITROGEN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649982911     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01804.x     Document Type: Article

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