Health-related quality of life associated with immunocryosurgery, a minimally invasive modality, for cervicofacial basal cell carcinoma

European Journal of Dermatology - Tập 29 Số 2 - Trang 234-236 - 2019
Ioannis D. Bassukas1, Areti Ganiatsa1, Georgios Gaitanis1
1Department of Skin & Venereal Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

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