Merkel cell carcinoma in a patient with chronic sarcoidosis [3]

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 580-582

  McLoone, N M ^a   McKenna, K ^b   Edgar, D ^a   Walsh, M ^a   Bingham, A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MELENA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN NODULE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23044516605     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.01800.x     Document Type: Letter

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