Outcomes in pediatric atypical Spitz tumors treated without sentinel lymph node biopsy

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 448-453

  Cerrato, Felecia ^a   Wallins, Joseph S ^a   Webb, Michelle L ^a   McCarty, Erika R ^a   Schmidt, Birgitta A ^b   Labow, Brian I ^a  

^a Departments of Plastic and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL SPITZ TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84863475234     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01699.x     Document Type: Article

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