Localization of regional lymph nodes in melanomas of the head and neck

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-140

  Alex, James C ^a,f   Krag, David N ^a   Harlow, Seth P ^a   Meijer, Sybren ^b   Loggie, Brian W ^c   Kuhn, Joseph ^d   Gadd, Michele ^e   Weaver, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031887618     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.124.2.135     Document Type: Article

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