Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Oral Mucosa

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1117-1120

  Chidzonga, Midion Mapfumo ^a   Mahomva, Leonard ^a   Marimo, Clemence ^b   Makunike Mutasa, Rudo ^b  

^a Department of Dentistry   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOWER LIP; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MOUTH MUCOSA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 34248586528     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.11.045     Document Type: Article

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