Umbilical metastasis or Sister Mary Joseph's nodule

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-13

  Dubreuil, Aurelie ^a   Dompmartin, Anne ^a,b   Barjot, Philippe ^a   Louvet, Sylvie ^a   Leroy, Dominique ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (France)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; CELL SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN NODULE; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0031892326     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00326.x     Document Type: Review

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