Lymph node metastases of cutaneous melanoma: Diagnosis by B-scan and color Doppler sonography

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 703-709

  Moehrle, M ^a   Blum, A ^a   Rassner, G ^a   Juenger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0032746716     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(99)70004-6     Document Type: Article

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