Incidence of Merkel cell carcinoma in renal transplant recipients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3231-3235

  Koljonen, Virve ^a   Kukko, Heli ^a   Tukiainen, Erkki ^a   Böhling, Tom ^b   Sankila, Risto ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^a   Sihto, Harri ^a   Joensuu, Heikki ^a   Kyllönen, Lauri ^a   Mäkisalo, Heikki ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Immunosuppression; Kidney; Population based study; Transplant registry

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349485184     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp334     Document Type: Article

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