Contraindications to sentinel lymph node biopsy in cutaneous malignant melanoma

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 725-727

  Lloyd, Mark Sheldon ^a   Topping, A ^a   Allan, R ^a   Powell, B ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contraindications; Malignant melanoma; Pregnancy; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; EXCISION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN FLAP;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 8644244010     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2003.12.028     Document Type: Article

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