Morpheaform facial basal cell carcinoma - a 16-year experience in an Asian center

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1396-1398

  Teo, Wan Lin ^a   Wong, Chin Ho ^a   Song, Colin ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLEPHARITIS; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MORPHEAFORM FACIAL BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WIDE EXCISION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867719749     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04767.x     Document Type: Letter

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