Surgical treatment of skeletal metastases in 31 melanoma patients

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 246-253

  Wedin, Rikard ^a   Falkenius, Johan ^a   Weiss, Rüdiger J ^a   Hansson, Johan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Lactate dehydrogenase; Melanoma; Prognosis; Skeletal metastases

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862624969     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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