The use of high-resolution ultrasonography for preoperative detection of metastases in sentinel lymph nodes of patients with cutaneous melanoma

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1757-1765

  Kunte, Christian ^a   Schuh, Theda ^a   Eberle, Julia Y ^a   Baumert, Jens ^a,b   Konz, Birger ^a   Volkenandt, Matthias ^a   Ruzicka, Thomas ^a   Schmid Wendtner, Monika H ^a,c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; SKIN MELANOMA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 72349091989     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01288.x     Document Type: Article

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