Lymphatic drainage of calf melanoma skipping the superficial groin

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-268

  Everett, Marc ^b   Gutman, Haim ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE DYE; DYE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MELANOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN INCISION;

GROIN; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38149075355     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2007.1015     Document Type: Article

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