## Abstract ## Background Although there are many effective treatment modalities for individual actinic keratoses (AKs), widespread lesions on the photoaged face pose a challenge due to inefficient and ineffective therapy resulting in high rates of recurrence after local destruction. Full face las
Non-melanoma skin cancer and solar keratoses in Australia — A review
✍ Scribed by R. Marks
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 395 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0393-2990
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