Incidental positive internal mammary lymph nodes: A multiple international institutional investigation

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-202

  Knight, Mark A F ^a   Nguyen, Dinh T ^a   Kobayashi, Mark R ^a   Evans, Gregory R D ^a,c   Cheng, Ming Huei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidental; Internal; Mammary; Nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMARY GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 45249104154     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1076088     Document Type: Article

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