Skin cancer and other cutaneous disorders in liver transplant recipients

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-415

  Belloni Fortina, Anna ^a   Piaserico, Stefano ^a   Bordignon, Matteo ^a   Gambato, Martina ^a   Senzolo, Marco ^a   Russo, Francesco Paolo ^a   Peserico, Andrea ^a   de Matteis, Giuseppe ^a   Perissinotto, Egle ^a   Cillo, Umberto ^b   Vitale, Alessandro ^a   Alaibac, Mauro ^a   Burra, Patrizia ^a  

^a VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous diseases; Cyclosporine; Liver transplant; Skin cancer; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ACNE; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; INCIDENCE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUPERFICIAL MYCOSIS; TELANGIECTASIA; VERRUCA VULGARIS; XEROSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863447326     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1316     Document Type: Article

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