Detection of submicroscopic lymph node metastases with polymerase chain reaction in patients with malignant melanoma.

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Published in Ann Surg on December 01, 1994

Authors

X Wang1, R Heller, N VanVoorhis, C W Cruse, F Glass, N Fenske, C Berman, J Leo-Messina, D Rappaport, K Wells

Author Affiliations

1: Cutaneous Oncology Program, Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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