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Original Article

Malignant Melanoma of the Skin in Children Registered in the Swedish Cancer Registry During 1959–1971

Elisabeth Malec Department of Plastic Surgery (Head: B. Nylén), Karolinska sjukhuset and Department of Pathology (Head: G. Moberger), Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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Bengt Lagerlöf Department of Plastic Surgery (Head: B. Nylén), Karolinska sjukhuset and Department of Pathology (Head: G. Moberger), Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 125-129 | Received 23 Mar 1977, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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