The morphological features of locally recurrent melanoma and cutaneous metastases of melanoma

Human Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 551-555

  Lawrence, L Yu ^b   Heenan, Peter J ^a  

^a Cutaneous Pathology   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Local; Melanoma; Metastasis; Recurrence; Scar

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; OCCULT CANCER; RECURRENT CANCER; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN SCAR;

EID: 0032914654     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(99)90200-9     Document Type: Article

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