Dissemination of melanoma cells within electrocautery plume

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-59

  Fletcher, John N ^a   Mew, Daphne ^a   Descôteaux, Jean Gaston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRAZOLIUM; TRYPAN BLUE;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CAUTERIZATION; CELL VIABILITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; NEOPLASM SEEDING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032817197     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00109-9     Document Type: Article

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