Use of chest radiography in the initial evaluation of patients with localized melanoma

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 569-572

  Terhune, Margaret H ^a,b   Swanson, Neil ^a,c   Johnson, Timothy M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CHILD; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031922591     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.5.569     Document Type: Article

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