Ocular and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in an African American man with epidermodysplasia verruciformis resulting in blindness and death

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 262-264

  Partridge, Megan Elizabeth ^a   Pariser, Robert J ^a  

^a 601 Medical Tower ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONJUNCTIVA; EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS; EYE CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 0142151728     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(03)00465-1     Document Type: Article

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