Multiple cutaneous malignancies arising in a patient with Crohn disease treated with concomitant azathioprine and antitumour necrosis factor-α

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 793-795

  Fogo, A J ^a   Hunt, J B ^b   Clement, M ^a  

^a Orpington Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Princess Royal University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; INFLIXIMAB; PREDNISOLONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG COMBINATION; MULTIPLE CANCER; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 77956656196     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03809.x     Document Type: Letter

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