Sentinel lymph nodes study: How to do it right? The Argentinean experience

Breast Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-217

  Allende, Daniela ^a   Denninghoff, Valeria ^a   Avagnina, Alejandra ^a   Elsner, Boris ^a  

^a CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; HEMATOXYLIN; MAMMAGLOBIN; MUCIN 1;

ARGENTINA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MICROMETASTASIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ARGENTINA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 40349100010     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00564.x     Document Type: Letter

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