Clinicopathological characteristics of melanomas of the hand

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 24 B, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 460-464

  Hove, L M ^a,b   Akslen, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0032804808     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jhsb.1999.0155     Document Type: Article

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