Trends in the presentation of cutaneous malignant melanoma over three decades at King's College Hospital, London

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 563-566

  Harman, K E ^a,b   Fuller, L C ^a   Salisbury, J R ^a   Higgins, E M ^a   Du Vivier, A W P ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MELANOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; THICKNESS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEG; LONDON; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4644255329     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01620.x     Document Type: Article

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