Colonic melanoma, primary or regressed primary

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 441-444

  Poggi, Sarah H ^a   Madison McNiff, Jennifer F ^a   Hwu, Wen Jen Poo ^a   Bayar, Sancar ^a   Salem, Ronald R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrintestinal tumors; Mucosal melanoma; Pathologic features; Primary colonic melanoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA;

EID: 0342657755     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200006000-00019     Document Type: Article

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