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Does sentinel lymph node biopsy in cutaneous head and neck melanoma alter disease outcome?

✍ Scribed by Edwina H. Doting; Mattijs de Vries; John Th.M. Plukker; Piet L. Jager; Wendy J. Post; Albert J.H. Suurmeijer; Harald J. Hoekstra

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
118 KB
Volume
93
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-4790

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