Sentinel node biopsy in melanoma using technetium-99m rhenium colloid: The London experience

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 491-499

  Temple, C L F ^a   Scilley, C G ^a   Engel, C J ^a   Shum, D T ^a   Lohmann, R C ^a   Mattar, A G ^a   Zabel, P L ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RHENIUM TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033746271     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200045050-00005     Document Type: Article

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