Surgical excision with adjuvant irradiation for treatment of keloid scars: A systematic review

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Van Leeuwen, Michiel C E ^a   Stokmans, Suzanne C ^a   Bulstra, Anne Eva J ^a   Meijer, Otto W M ^a   Heymans, Martijn W ^a   Ket, Johannes C F ^b   Ritt, Marco J P F ^a   Van Leeuwen, Paul A M ^a   Niessen, Frank B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85044604224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21697574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000000357     Document Type: Review

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