False negative conventional histology of lymph nodes in patients with head and neck cancer

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Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 112-114

  Ferlito, Alfio ^a   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Micrometastases immunohistochemistry; Molecular biology

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034058774     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027728     Document Type: Article

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