Interval nodes: The forgotten sentinel nodes in patients with melanoma

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1168-1172

  Uren, R F ^a   Howman Giles, R ^a   Thompson, J F ^a   McCarthy, W H ^a   Quinn, M J ^a   Roberts, J M ^a   Shaw, H M ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0033802060     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.135.10.1168     Document Type: Article

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