Predicting sentinel and residual lymph node basin disease after sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma
β Scribed by Jeffrey D. Wagner; Michael S. Gordon; Tsu-Yi Chuang; John J. Coleman III; John T. Hayes; Sin-Ho Jung; Charlene Love
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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