Classic Kaposi's sarcoma of the palm in a metallurgist: Role of iron filings in its development? [3]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1061-1063

  Simonart, T ^a   De Dobbeleer, G ^a   Stallenberg, B ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; HAND PALM; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LETTER; MALE; METALLURGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; HAND; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038539427     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05331.x     Document Type: Letter

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