Merkel cell carcinoma in a child

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 359-361

  Köksal, Yavuz ^a,d   Toy, Hatice ^b   Talim, Beril ^c   Unal, Ekrem ^d   Akçören, Zuhal ^c   Cengiz, Mustafa ^e  

^a Department of Pediatric Oncology ^*  (Turkey)

^b Meram Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

^c Faculty of Medicine

^d SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Merkel cell carcinoma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AGE; BIOPSY; FATALITY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 66149128116     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181984f6b     Document Type: Article

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