Sentinel lymph node evaluation in melanoma

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1014-1020

  Brady, Mary S ^a,b   Coit, Daniel G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

CLINICAL TRIAL; EXCISION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030753746     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.133.8.1014     Document Type: Review

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