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Cutaneous melanoma metastases arising in the donor and recipient sites of a skin graft: case report and review of the literature

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Wallace, D., Hussain, S. & Singh, S. Cutaneous melanoma metastases arising in the donor and recipient sites of a skin graft: case report and review of the literature. Eur J Plast Surg 36, 45–48 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-011-0628-4

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