Transport and retention of colloidal tracers in regional lymphoscintigraphy in melanoma: Influence on lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy

Melanoma Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 413-418

  Pijpers, R ^a   Borgstein, P J ^a   Meijer, S ^a   Krag, D N ^b   Hoekstra, O S ^a   Greuter, H N J M ^a   Teule, G J J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma probe; Melanoma; Sentinel node; Technetium 99m colloidal tracers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031740271     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199810000-00005     Document Type: Article

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