The metastatic potential of head and neck cutaneous malignant melanoma: is sentinel node biopsy useful?
โ Scribed by Main, B.G.; Coyle, M.J.; Godden, A.; Godden, D.R.
- Book ID
- 122332961
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 241 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0266-4356
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