Non-melanoma skin tumors occurring on a Japanese psoriatic patient treated with long term photochemotherapy

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 552-553

  Tamada, Yasuhiko ^a   Arisawa, Shouko ^a   Ikeya, Toshihiko ^a   Hara, Kazuo ^b  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; PUVA

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN;

AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; PUVA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030967741     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1997.tb02840.x     Document Type: Letter

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