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Pages 323-330 (June - July 2008)
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Why Does Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Not Increase Survival in Patients With Melanoma?
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Á. Pizarro
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Correspondence: C/ Manolo Viola, 14, 2° A, 28200 San Lorenzo del Escorial, Madrid, Spain.
Unidad de Lesiones Pigmentadas y Melanoma, Instituto Madrileño de Oncología-Clínica La Milagrosa, Madrid, Spain
Consulta de Lesiones Pigmentadas, Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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