Merkel cell carcinoma and Merkel cell polyomavirus: A systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-49

  Santos Juanes, J ^a   Fernandez Vega I ^b   Fuentes, N ^a   Galache, C ^c   Coto Segura, P ^a   Vivanco, B ^a   Astudillo, A ^a   Martinez Camblor P ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPLICATION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; SKIN TUMOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84946942782     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13870     Document Type: Review

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