Surgical management of Merkel cell carcinoma.

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Published in Ann Surg on January 01, 1999

Authors

P J Allen1, Z F Zhang, D G Coit

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1: Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.

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