Site misclassification of melanomas in the shoulder region: An issue not to be "shrugged at"? [6]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1047-1049

  Bulliard, Jean Luc ^a   Levi, Fabio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TUMOR; SUN EXPOSURE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; CLASSIFICATION; PATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; SHOULDER; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24044493541     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.8.1047     Document Type: Letter

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