Gamma probe-directed biopsy of the sentinel node in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 455-459

  Koch, Wayne M ^a   Choti, Michael A ^a   Civelek, A Cahid ^a   Eisele, David W ^a   Saunders, John R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; RELIABILITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031967540     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.124.4.455     Document Type: Article

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