Echography should become the examination of choice in detection of melanoma lymph node involvement;L'échographie devrait devenir l'examen de référence dans la détection de l'atteinte ganglionnaire du mélanome

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 937-939

  Guitera, P ^a   Bourrier, P ^a   Basset Seguin, N ^a   Dubertret, L ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA;

EID: 10644249180     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0151-9638(04)93800-8     Document Type: Editorial

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