Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome associated with pigmented basal cell carcinoma [3]

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1044-1047

  Sand, Michael ^a,c   Bechara, Falk Georges ^a   Sand, Daniel ^b   Moussa, Georg ^a   Stücker, Markus ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus ^a   Rotterdam, Sebastian ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome; Tumor regulation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INTERMEDIN; LEVOTHYROXINE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INCIDENCE; LENTIGO; LETTER; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE ADENOMATOSIS; NEVUS; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE;

EID: 32944470713     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00899.x     Document Type: Letter

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