Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 30-36 , January 2010

Cutaneous Melanoma: Role of Ultrasound in the Assessment of Locoregional Spread

  • Orlando Catalano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Orlando Catalano, MD, 1st Department of Radiology, National Cancer Institute “Fondazione G. Pascale,” via M. Semmola, I-80131, Naples, Italy
    • ,
  • Alfredo Siani, MD

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PII: S0363-0188(09)00021-8

doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2009.04.001

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 30-36 , January 2010

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