Merkel cell carcinoma: Follow-up report on 10 patients: Current diagnosis and therapy;Merkel-Zell-Karzinom: Verlaufsbericht von 10 Patienten: Aktuelle Diagnostik und Therapie

Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie

Volumn 382, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 185-191

  Hauschild, A ^a   Rademacher, D ^a   Rowert J ^a   Christophers, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Histology; Immunohistology; Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cells; Neuroendocrine carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXTREMITIES; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85056019599     PISSN: 00238236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004230050051     Document Type: Article

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