Merkel cell carcinoma with fibrosarcomatous differentiation

Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-316

  Tan, Kong Bing ^a,c   Murali, Rajmohan ^a,b   Karim, Rooshdiya Z ^a,b   Dutta, Bishnu ^d   Dutta, Ruma ^d   McCarthy, Stanley W ^a   Scolyer, Richard A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Dutta Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; SKIN NODULE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 42449121756     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020701813685     Document Type: Article

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