Malignant melanoma in a candidate for heart transplantation

Dermatology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-236

  Tessari, Gianpaolo ^a,c   Forni, Alberto ^a   Naldi, Luigi ^b   Faggian, Giuseppe ^a   Mazzucco, Alessandro ^a   Barba, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Heart transplantation; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MELANOMA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 17244376437     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083517     Document Type: Review

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