Reproducibility of lymphoscintigraphic drainage patterns in sequential 99mTc human serum albumin and 99mTc sulfur colloid studies: Implications for sentinel node identification in melanoma

Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 955-962

  Tonakie, Adam ^a   Sondak, Vernon ^a   Yahanda, Alan ^a   Wahl, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0032692980     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(99)70038-3     Document Type: Article

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