Ultrasound pre sentinel node dissection

Melanoma Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-69

  Schäfer Hesterberg, Gregor ^a   Voit, Christiane ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CELL; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MELANOMA; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION; EDITORIAL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 42449158659     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e3282f201a4     Document Type: Letter

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