Treatment of keratoacanthoma: Is intralesional methotrexate an option?

Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Patel, Nima P ^a   Cervino, A Lawrence ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Keratoacanthoma; Methotrexate; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054704538     PISSN: 11952199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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