Metastatic pattern and survival in disseminated conjunctival melanoma: Implications for sentinel lymph node biopsy
✍ Scribed by Seppo Tuomaala; Tero Kivelä
- Book ID
- 116802915
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Volume
- 111
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0161-6420
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