Skin-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (SALT)-Related B-Cell Lymphoma (Primary Cutaneous B-Cell Lymphoma): A Concept and a Clinicopathologic Entity

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 353-355

  Giannotti, Benvenuto ^a   Santucci, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CELL LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA;

GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0027474363     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1993.01680240093016     Document Type: Article

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