Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin: Imaging and clinical features in 93 cases

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 819, 1996, Pages 226-233

  Eftekhari, F ^a   Wallace, S ^a   Silva, E G ^a   Lenzi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LIMB TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SOFT TISSUE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRUNK;

EID: 0029928894     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-69-819-226     Document Type: Article

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