Narrow-Margin Excision for Invasive Acral Melanoma: Is It Acceptable?
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Progression from Acral Lentiginous Melanoma in situ to Invasive Acral Lentiginous Melanoma.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2077-0383
DOI: 10.3390/jcm9072266