Merkel cell carcinoma of the auricle

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-129

  Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a   Devaney, Kenneth O ^b   Ferlito, Alfio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Foote Health System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auricle; Merkel cell carcinoma; Skin tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EAR CANCER; EXTERNAL EAR DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14344260455     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410017503-1     Document Type: Review

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