Evaluating invasive cutaneous melanoma: Is the initial biopsy representative of the final depth?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 420-424

  Ng, Pamela C ^a   Barzilai, David A ^a   Ismail, Sahar A ^a   Averitte Jr , Richard L ^a   Gilliam, Anita C ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0037343095     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.106     Document Type: Article

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