The incidence and prognosis of nail apparatus melanoma. A retrospective study of 105 patients in four English regions

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 276-279

  Banfield, C C ^a,c   Redburn, J C ^b   Dawber, R P R ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031842601     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02365.x     Document Type: Article

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