Fatal squamous cell carcinoma arising from transplant-associated porokeratosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 931-933

  Silver, Shane G ^b   Crawford, Richard I ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATINIZATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; POROKERATOSIS MIBELLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0142244810     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(03)00469-9     Document Type: Article

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