The pathology of neck dissection in cancer of the larynx

ORL

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 204-211

  Devaney, Stephanie L ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^b   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b   Devaney, Kenneth O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical node metastases; Pathology; Specimen processing

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNX CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034096265     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027747     Document Type: Review

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