Merkel cell carcinoma

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 622-624

  Cheung, Deborah S M ^a   Mcinnes, Ian E ^a,b  

^a Broken Hill University   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Merkel cell; Neuro endocrine; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031857411     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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