Late (> 10 years) recurrence of melanoma: The Scottish experience [8]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 372-373

  Leman, J A ^a   Mac Kie, R M ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SELF EXAMINATION; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SCOTLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037328494     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05097_8.x     Document Type: Letter

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