Parotid selective lymphadenectomy in malignant melanoma

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Wells, Karen E ^a,b   Stadelmann, Wayne K ^b   Rapaport, David P ^a   Hamlin, Robin ^a   Cruse, C Wayne ^a   Reintgen, Douglas ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M; COLLOID TC 99M; DYE; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; INTERFERON; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE INJURY; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032975724     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199907000-00001     Document Type: Article

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