Lymph nodal merkel cell carcinoma: Primary or metastatic disease? A clinical case

Tumori

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 424-426

  Fotia, Giuseppe ^a   Barni, Roberto ^a   Bellan, Cristiana ^a   Neri, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follow up; Lymph nodes; Merkel cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR;

EID: 0036757073     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160208800516     Document Type: Article

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