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Reducing the learning curve for the treatment of morphoeic (sclerosing) basal cell carcinoma of the face

Paolo Erba Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital Basel, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Reto Wettstein Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
,
Ulrich M. Rieger Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
,
Helmut Beltraminelli Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
,
Gerhard Pierer Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
&
Daniel F. Kalbermatten Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Pages 122-126 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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