Unusual Merkel cell carcinoma in a renal transplant recipient: Case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 426-431

  Ferreira, Pedro ^a,b   Pinho, Carlos ^a   Cardoso, Augusta ^a   Pereira, José Miguel ^a   Cunha, Rui ^a   Rodrigues, Jorge ^a   Amarante, José ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Immunocompromised patients; Merkel cell carcinoma; Therapeutic approach

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISLAND FLAP; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; TELANGIECTASIA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 31044445689     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00238-005-0805-4     Document Type: Article

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