Combined Merkel cell carcinoma and atypical fibroxanthoma

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-9

  Youker, Summer R ^a   Billingsley, Elizabeth M ^b  

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

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBROXANTHOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 29144536632     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10227-005-0024-4     Document Type: Article

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