Myotonic dystrophy and basal cell carcinomas: Coincidence or true association?

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Goolamali, S I ^a   Edmonds, E V J ^a   Francis, N ^a   Bunker, C B ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349496541     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03321.x     Document Type: Letter

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