Epidemiology and prognosis of subungual melanoma in 34 Japanese patients

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 383-387

  Kato, T ^a   Suetake, T ^a   Sugiyama, Y ^a   Tabata, N ^a   Tagami, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; NITROSOUREA DERIVATIVE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; NAIL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029988115     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb16218.x     Document Type: Article

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