Merkel cell tumor of the hand in a 104-year-old patient. Case report;MERKEL-ZELL-TUMOR DER HAND EINER 104JAHRIGEN PATIENTIN. EINE FALLBEOBACHTUNG MIT LITERATURUBERSICHT

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-45

  Sonak, R A O ^a,b   Trede, K ^a   Gerharz, C D ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Heinz Kalk Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Merkel cell tumor; Skin tumors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHROMOGRANINS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; KERATINS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030023706     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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