Metastatic malignant melanoma of the gastrointestinal tract

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 511-516

  Liang, Kelly V ^a   Sanderson, Schuyler O ^a   Nowakowski, Grzegorz S ^a   Arora, Amindra S ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DIZZINESS; DYSPHAGIA; FATIGUE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33645678801     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/81.4.511     Document Type: Review

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