Inguinal sentinel lymph node biopsy with only blue dye in lower extremity malignant melanoma

Tehran University Medical Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 80-84

  Omranipour, R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Malignant melanoma; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; EVANS BLUE; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIAN BRESLOW THICKNESS; MELANOMA; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 78649252042     PISSN: 16831764     EISSN: 17357322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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