Merkel's cell carcinoma in organ recipients: Report of 41 cases

Transplantation

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1717-1721

  Penn, Israel ^a   First, M Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SKIN CANCER;

EID: 0033573064     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199912150-00015     Document Type: Article

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