Patterns of regional lymph node metastases from cutaneous melanomas of the head and neck
โ Scribed by Jatin P. Shah; Dennis H. Kraus; Sanford Dubner; Sudeep Sarkar
- Book ID
- 115695239
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 482 KB
- Volume
- 162
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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