Merkel cell carcinoma after liver transplantation: A case report

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Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-326

  Bajetta, Emilio ^a   Platania, Marco ^a   Catena, Laura ^a   Bichisao, Ettore ^b   Fabbri, Alessandra ^a   Procopio, Giuseppe ^a   De Dosso, Sara ^a   Buzzoni, Roberto ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b ITMO Group   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Merkel cell carcinoma; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447580979     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160709300321     Document Type: Article

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