Merkel cell carcinoma;Merkel-Zell-Karzinom

Pathologe

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 467-475

  Fried, I ^a   Cerroni, L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Intralymphatic tumor complex; Polyomavirus; Prognosis; Sun exposure

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; TUMOR MARKER;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KERATIN-20; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84939883146     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00292-014-1935-x     Document Type: Article

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