Thin cutaneous malignant melanomas (?1.5 mm)
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990301)85:5<1067::aid-cncr9>3.0.co;2-t