Influence of skin tension and formalin fixation on sonographic measurement of tumor thickness

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-39

  Salmhofer, Wolfgang ^a   Rieger, Edgar ^a   Soyer, H Peter ^a   Smolle, Josef ^a   Kerl, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MELANOMA; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; TENSION; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030024287     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(96)90831-2     Document Type: Article

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