Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 278-280 , Winter 2007

Adjuvant Radiation of Bilateral Postauricular Keloids: An Illustration of Technique

  • Jeniffer L. Huhn, D.O.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Jeniffer L. Huhn, D.O., Department of Radiation Medicine, University of Kentucky, Chandler Medical Center, Room C-15, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0293.
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  • E. Lee Johnson, Ph.D.
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  • William St. Clair, M.D., Ph.D.

Received 18 October 2006 ,Accepted 20 February 2007.

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PII: S0958-3947(07)00050-7

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.02.009

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 278-280 , Winter 2007

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