Selective Regional Lymphadenectomy in Malignant Melanoma Using a Gamma Probe;Selektive regionale Lymphadenektomie beim malignen Melanom mit Hilfe einer Gammasonde

Acta Medica Austriaca

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-80

  Rettenbacher, L ^a   Koller, J ^b   Gmeiner, D ^c   Kassmann H ^a   Galvan, G ^a  

^a Abt F Nuklearmed und Endokrinol   (Austria)

^b Abteilung für Dermatologie   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gamma probe; Malignant melanoma; Sentinel lymph node; Tc 99m colloid

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SKIN TUMOR;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0030625070     PISSN: 03038173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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