Malignant cutaneous tumors of the scalp: A study of demographic characteristics and histologic distributions of 398 Taiwanese patients

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 448-452

  Chiu, Cheng Sheng ^a   Lin, Chyi Yih ^c,d   Kuo, Tseng Tong ^b   Kuan, Yue Zon ^a   Chen, Min Jing ^a   Ho, Hsin Chun ^a   Yang, Li Chen ^a   Chen, Chien Hsun ^a   Shih, I Hsin ^a   Hong, Hong Shang ^a   Chuang, Ya Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA LAGUNA

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c MIN SHENG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Central Clinic and Hospital ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33847034786     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.08.060     Document Type: Article

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