Unusual aspects of melanoma: Case 1. Jejunal malignant melanoma: Intestinal or unknown primary?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 743-744

  Montella, Liliana ^a   Vardanega, Antonella ^a   Farruggio, Angelo ^a   Bonciarelli, Giorgio ^a  

^a Internal Medicine Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JEJUNUM TUMOR; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; HUMANS; JEJUNAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY;

EID: 1442332137     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.06.054     Document Type: Article

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