Pathological and molecular aspects of diagnosis and clinical features

Polish Journal of Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 117-123

  Majewska, Hanna ^a   Biernat, Wojciech ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Merkel cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79953284702     PISSN: 12339687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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