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Sentinel lymph node biopsy for patients with problematic spitzoid melanocytic lesions

A report on 18 patients

  1. Lyndon D. Su M.D.1,†,*,
  2. Douglas R. Fullen M.D.1,
  3. Vernon K. Sondak M.D.2,
  4. Timothy M. Johnson M.D.3,
  5. Lori Lowe M.D.1

Article first published online: 3 JAN 2003

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11074

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 97, Issue 2, pages 499–507, 15 January 2003

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Su, L. D., Fullen, D. R., Sondak, V. K., Johnson, T. M. and Lowe, L. (2003), Sentinel lymph node biopsy for patients with problematic spitzoid melanocytic lesions. Cancer, 97: 499–507. doi: 10.1002/cncr.11074

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  1. 1

    Department of Pathology and Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  2. 2

    Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  3. 3

    Department of Dermatology, Otorhinolaryngology, and Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  1. †

    Fax: (734) 936-2756

*Department of Pathology, Division of Dermatopathology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Medical Sciences I, M5224, 1301 Catherine Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0602

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  1. Issue published online: 3 JAN 2003
  2. Article first published online: 3 JAN 2003
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 5 SEP 2002
  4. Manuscript Revised: 26 AUG 2002
  5. Manuscript Received: 19 JUN 2002

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