Seven years' experience of Mohs micrographic surgery in a UK centre, and development of a UK minimum dataset and audit standards

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 262-269

  MacFarlane, L ^a   Waters, A ^a   Evans, A ^a   Affleck, A ^a   Fleming, C ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHEMOSURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOHS MICROGRAPHIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CLINICAL AUDIT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875324901     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ced.12108     Document Type: Article

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