Significance of dual-basin drainage in patients with truncal melanoma undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 615-619

  Jacobs, Ira A ^a   Chang, C K ^b   Salti, George I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TRUNK;

EID: 0141644370     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0190-9622(03)01838-3     Document Type: Article

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