Comparative genomic hybridization for the diagnosis of melanoma

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-48

  Vanison, Christopher ^a   Tanna, Neil ^a   Murthy, Ananth S ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomic hybridization; Diagnosis; Melanoma; Nevi; Nevus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ISOSULFAN BLUE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 16P; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LITERATURE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; NECK DISSECTION; NEVUS CELL; NOSE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 75049084044     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: 14350130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00238-009-0369-9     Document Type: Article

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