Pathology of the sentinel lymph node in melanoma

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 357-362

  Starz, Hans ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN S 100;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITIC CELL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE SHEATH; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

EID: 3042716049     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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