Merkel cell carcinoma: Comparison of Mohs micrographic surgery and wide excision in eighty-six patients

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 929-933

  O'Connor, William J ^a   Roenigk, Randall K ^a   Brodland, David G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMOSURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030662360     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1997.tb00752.x     Document Type: Article

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