Merkel cell tumor and chronic lymphocytic leukemia - Coincidence or a possible association?

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Ben David, Aya ^a   Lazarov, Aneta ^b   Lev, Silvia ^b   Nussbaum, Bela ^b,c  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33746818422     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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