Spleen rupture due to metastasis of thin melanoma (Breslow thickness of 0.75 mm) [2]

Melanoma Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-

  Krapohl, Björn D ^a   Kömürcü, Fercan ^a   Deutinger, Maria ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 21044444280     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200504000-00009     Document Type: Letter

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