Mucosal melanomas of the head and neck

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 626-630

  Batsakis, John G ^a,b   Suarez, Patricia ^a   El Naggar, Adel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Dental Branch ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031874490     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949810700715     Document Type: Review

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