Continuous-wave Nd:Yag laser hyperthermia: A successful modality in treatment of basal cell carcinoma

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  El Tonsy, Mohamed Hany ^a   El Domyati, Moetaz Mostafa ^a   El Sawy, Ashraf Esmat ^a   El Din, Wael Hosam ^a   Anbar, Tag El Din Al Sayed ^a   Raouf, Hamza A ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8844268407     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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