Sentinel lymph node biopsy in children and adolescents with malignant melanoma

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1063-1065

  Toro, Joel ^a   Ranieri, Jaime M ^a   Havlik, Robert J ^a   Coleman III, John J ^a   Wagner, Jeffrey D ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Wishard OPE 334 B   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ISOSULFAN BLUE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0037999942     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(03)00193-3     Document Type: Article

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