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Carcinoma, Merkel Cell

"Carcinoma, Merkel Cell" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A carcinoma arising from MERKEL CELLS located in the basal layer of the epidermis and occurring most commonly as a primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. Merkel cells are tactile cells of neuroectodermal origin and histologically show neurosecretory granules. The skin of the head and neck are a common site of Merkel cell carcinoma, occurring generally in elderly patients. (Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1245)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Carcinoma, Merkel Cell" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Carcinoma, Merkel Cell" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 19 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2010 and 2014 and 2015 and 2016
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