Merkel cell carcinoma

Advances in Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2003, Pages 185-205

  Youker, Summer R ^a   Maloney, Mary E ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOMA; MECHANORECEPTOR; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OAT CELL CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; UNITED STATES; CANCER STAGING; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0642337437     PISSN: 08820880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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