Primary malignant melanoma of the uterine cervix: Case report and review of the literature

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 170-174

  Cantuaria, Guiherme ^a   Angioli, Roberto ^a   Nahmias, Jaime ^a   Estape, Ricardo ^a   Penalver, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0032867924     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5491     Document Type: Article

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