Epidermal Manifestations of Internal Malignancy

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-29

  Moore, Rachael L ^a   Devere, Theresa S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; KERATOLYTIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PSORALEN; RETINOID; RETINOL; SALICYLIC ACID; STEROID; UREA;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ACANTHOSIS PALMARIS; BAZEX SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMADROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; ICHTHYOSIS; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; LESER TRELAT SIGN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PARANEOPLASTIC ACROKERATOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 36048953062     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2007.08.008     Document Type: Review

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