History of Mohs Surgery

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-139

  Trost, Leonid B ^a   Bailin, Philip L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Melanoma; Mohs; Squamous cell carcinoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY CHLORIDE; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; PHENOL; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC CHLORIDE;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPITHELIZATION; EXCISION; FROZEN SECTION; HEMOSTASIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOHS MICROGRAPHIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE INJURY;

DERMATOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MOHS SURGERY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952744345     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2011.01.010     Document Type: Review

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