Sentinel lymph node biopsy in the pediatric population

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2193-2198

  Gow, Kenneth W ^a   Rapkin, Louis B ^b   Olson, Thomas A ^b   Durham, Megan M ^a   Wyly, Brad ^c   Shehata, Bahig M ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AFLAC   (United States)

^c Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Melanoma; Pediatrics; Sarcoma; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ISOSULFAN BLUE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SEDATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROSANILINE DYES; SARCOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449111376     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.08.063     Document Type: Article

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