Merkel cell carcinoma of the tongue and head and neck oral mucosal sites

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 761-768

  Yom, Sue S ^a   Rosenthal, David I ^a   El Naggar, Adel K ^a   Kies, Merrill S ^a   Hessel, Amy C ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAM 5.2 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOKERATIN 20; ENOLASE; KERATIN; KRT20 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; FATALITY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIP TUMOR; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TONGUE TUMOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANINS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-20; KERATINS; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646852414     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.10.068     Document Type: Review

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