Merkel cell carcinoma of the upper extremity: Case report and an update

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Papamichail, Michail ^a   Nikolaidis, Ioannis ^b   Nikolaidis, Nicolas ^c   Glava, Chryssoula ^b   Lentzas, Ioannis ^a   Marmagkiolis, Konstantinos ^d   Karassavsa, Kriton ^a   Digalakis, Michail ^a  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME; WRIST; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN DISEASES; WRIST;

EID: 41949085978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-32     Document Type: Article

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