Merkel cell tumour: Case reports and review

Orbit

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-52

  Saadi, A K ^a   Danks, J J ^a   Cree, I A ^b   Collin, J R O ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eyelid neoplasm; Merkel cell carcinoma; Neuroendocrine carcinoma; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; EYELID; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; STEM CELL;

EID: 0032990883     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/orbi.18.1.45.2724     Document Type: Article

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