Primary sinonasal malignant melanoma: A nationwide study of the Swedish population, 1960-2000

Rhinology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jangard, Mattias ^a   Hansson, Johan ^b   Ragnarsson Olding, Boel ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Incidence; Malignant melanoma; Paranasal sinuses; Sinonasal; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE TUMOR; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874727726     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4193/rhino12.075     Document Type: Article

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