Merkel cell carcinoma in a renal transplant patient: Increased incidence?

Transplantation

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1396-1397

  Williams, Rachel H ^a   Morgan, Michael B ^a   Mathieson, Isabel M ^b   Rabb, Hamid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032571986     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199805270-00019     Document Type: Article

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