Intraoperative clinical evaluation of lymph nodes in women with gynecologic cancer

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1177-1181

  Eltabbakh, Gamal H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical evaluation; Gynecologic cancers; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035340132     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.113128     Document Type: Article

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