Surgical margins for excision of primary cutaneous melanoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3 I, 1997, Pages 422-429

  Zitelli, J A ^a   Brown, C D ^a   Hanusa, B H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030961060     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(97)70144-0     Document Type: Article

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