Evaluation of metastatic melanoma by computed tomography;Valutazione con tomografia computerizzata delle metastasi da melanoma cutaneo

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 275-280

  Potente, Giuseppe ^a   Cantisani, Carmen ^a   Cantisani, Vito ^a   Bottoni, Ugo ^a   Calvieri, Stefano ^a   Andreoli, Gian Marco ^a   Arduini, Federico ^a   Guerrisi, Raffaele ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Melanoma; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042403696     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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