Melanoma in childhood: An EORTC-MCG multicenter study on the clinico-pathological aspects

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-324

  Spatz, Alain ^a   Ruiter, Dirk ^b   Hardmeier, Thomas ^c   Renard, Nathalie ^d   Wechsler, Janine ^e   Bailly, Christiane ^f   Avril, Marie Françoise ^a   Kwee, Herry ^g   Bastian, Boris C ^h   Hill, Catherine ^a   De Potter, Christian ⁱ   Prade, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^e HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^g LAURENTIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 10544235687     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19961104)68:3<317::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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