Ultrasonography using simple diagnostic criteria vs palpation for the detection of regional lymph node metastases of melanoma

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-189

  Saiag, Philippe ^a   Bernard, Marion ^a   Beauchet, Alain ^a   Bafounta, Marie Lise ^a   Bourgault Villada, Isabelle ^a   Chagnon, Sophie ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALPATION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 13444294284     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.2.183     Document Type: Article

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