Merkel cell carcinoma in renal transplant recipient

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-258

  Bašić Jukić, Nikolina ^a   Bubić Filipi, Ljubica ^a   Kes, Petar ^a   Šeparović, Vladimir ^a   Šmalcelj, Josip ^a   Štitić, Vesna ^b   Hudolin, Tvrtko ^a   Pasini, Josip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Karlovac County Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Caranoma merkel cell etiology; Kidney transplantation postoperative complications; Skin neoplasms etiology

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; STEROID; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN NODULE;

EID: 37049008679     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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