Merkel cell carcinoma and multiple bowen's disease: Incidental association or possible relationship to inorganic arsenic exposure?

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 310-316

  Ohnishi, Yuko ^a   Murakami, Shinji ^a   Ohtsuka, Hisashi ^a   Miyauchi, Shunji ^a   Shinmori, Hideyo ^a   Hashimoto, Koji ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic arsenic poisoning; Merkel cell carcinoma; Multiple Bowen's disease

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

AGED; ARTICLE; BOWEN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS;

EID: 0030958386     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1997.tb02796.x     Document Type: Article

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