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Original Scientific Reports

Rising incidence of Merkel cell carcinoma

Dorte LyhneDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Rigshospitalet, CopenhagenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jørgen Lock-AndersenDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Roskilde Hospital, Roskilde
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Karin DahlstrømDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Herlev Hospital, Herlev
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K. T. DrzewieckiDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen
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Eva BalslevDepartment of Pathology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev
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Aida MuhicDepartment of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen
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Anders Krarup-HansenDepartment of Oncology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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Pages 274-280 | Accepted 25 May 2011, Published online: 18 Jan 2012

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