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

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-273

  Clark, Katherine C ^a   Butz, William R ^a   Hapke, Marc R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Immunohistochemistry; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0033020984     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004347-199907000-00013     Document Type: Article

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