Squamous cell carcinoma secondary to Buruli ulcer

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-64

  Evans, M R W ^a,e,f   Etuaful, S N ^b   Amofah, G ^c   Adjei, O ^a   Lucas, S ^d   Wansbrough Jones, M H ^e  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b St Martin Hospital   (Ghana)

^c St Thomas' Hospital ^*

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buruli ulcer; Case reports; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 0032974999     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90181-5     Document Type: Article

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