Clinical and histopathological characteristics of basal cell carcinoma in Chinese patients

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-214

  Chang, Jian Min ^a   Gao, Xiao Man ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Age; Basal cell carcinoma; Gender; Histopathological subtype; Location

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CHINESE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84872693224     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20122280     Document Type: Review

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