Merkel cell carcinoma

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1711-1716

  Wong, Hannah H ^a   Wang, Jun ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78349270929     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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