Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 253-256 , October 2005

Sentinel Node Localization in Head and Neck Tumors

  • Karen T. Pitman, MD (FACS)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Karen T. Pitman, Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 30216.

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PII: S0001-2998(05)00031-0

doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2005.05.004

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 253-256 , October 2005

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