Frozen section analysis of sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma patients
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20001015)89:8<1720::aid-cncr11>3.3.co;2-6