Aberrant sentinel nodes in malignant melanoma

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 415-417

  O'Toole, Gregory A ^a   Hettiaratchy, Shehan ^a   Allan, Rosie ^a,b   Powell, Barry W E M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St George Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aberrant nodes; Lymph node; Lymphatic mapping; Malignant melanoma; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; MUSCLE TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 0034235624     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3309     Document Type: Article

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