Melanoma in the gastrointestinal tract

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3427-3433

  Blecker, Daniel ^a   Abraham, Susan ^a   Furth, Emma E ^a   Kochman, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032786910     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00663-2     Document Type: Article

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