Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in patients with cutaneous melanoma;»Sentinel node«-diagnostik hos patienter med kutant malignt melanom

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 165, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 2567-2570

  Gad, Dorte ^a   Sjøgren, Pia ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; FACE CANCER; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MELANOMA; RELIABILITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STANDARDIZATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0043208233     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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