Early stage melanoma: Lymphoscintigraphy, reproducibility of sentinel node detection, and effectiveness of the intraoperative gamma probe

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 171-175

  Mudun, Ayse ^a,b   Murray, Douglas R ^a   Herda, Stephen C ^a   Eshima, Dennis ^a   Shattuck, Lorie A ^a   Vansant, John P ^a   Taylor, Andrew T ^a   Alazraki, Naomi P ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphatic system, radionuclide studies; Melanoma; Radionuclide imaging, transit studies

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY;

EID: 0029965502     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.1.8633142     Document Type: Article

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