Concomitant traumas influence prognosis in melanomas of the nail apparatus

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-80

  Bormann, G ^a   Marsch, W C ^a   Haerting, J ^a   Helmbold, P ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Injury; Nail apparatus melanoma; Prognosis; Subungual melanoma; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DACARBAZINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIMB; MALE; MELANOMA; NAIL APPARATUS MELANOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AMPUTATION; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745047781     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07235.x     Document Type: Article

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