The role of preoperative lymphoscintigraphy in surgery planning for sentinel lymph node biopsy in malignant melanoma
✍ Scribed by Borki Vučetić; Sunčica Andreja Rogan; Antonija Balenović; Mirko Ivkić; Mirna Šitum; Narcis Hudorović; Zvonko Kusić
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 118
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0043-5325
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