Clinical investigation of amelanotic malignant melanoma in the oral region

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 933-937

  Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a   Mimura, Masafumi ^b   Kimijima, Yutaka ^c   Amagasa, Teruo ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Maxillofacial Reconstr and Function   (Japan)

^c Kimijima Dent and Oral Surg Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFESPAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 3242722528     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2004.01.017     Document Type: Article

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