Melanoma of the external ear

Tumori

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 814-817

  Bono, Aldo ^a   Bartoli, Cesare ^a   Maurichi, Andrea ^a   Moglia, Daniele ^a   Tragni, Gabrina ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ear; Melanoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EAR CANCER; EAR SURGERY; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0031425369     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169708300507     Document Type: Article

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