A molecular technique useful in the detection of occult metastases in patients with melanoma : rt-PCR analysis of sentinel lymph nodes and peripheral blood.

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Published in Methods Mol Med on January 01, 2001

Authors

J S Goydos1, D S Reintgen

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1: UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, NJ.

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