The sleeper cells: delayed sentinel lymph node biopsy

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1357-1360

  Murugkar, P ^a   Azawi, K ^a   Humzah, D ^a  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LETTER; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36048966974     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.07.011     Document Type: Letter

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