Prognostic value of high-frequency sonography and color Doppler sonography for the preoperative assessment of melanomas

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 457-461

  Lassau, Nathalie ^a   Mercier, Sylvaine ^a   Koscielny, Serge ^a   Avril, Marie Françoise ^a   Margulis, Alvaro ^a   Mamelle, Gérard ^a   Duvillard, Pierre ^a   Leclère, Jérome ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MELANOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032909319     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.2.9930803     Document Type: Article

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