Vulvar lymphatic mapping: Coming of age?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 823-825

  Coleman, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVA CARCINOMA;

EID: 0036841658     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557515     Document Type: Editorial

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