Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis x) — a clonal proliferative disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 331, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 154-160

  Willman, Cheryl L ^a   Busque, Lambert ^b   Griffith, Barbara B ^a   Favara, Blaise E ^c   Mcclain, Kenneth L ^d   Duncan, Marilyn H ^a   Gilliland, D Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOID CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; X CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONE CELLS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTES; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0028264473     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199407213310303     Document Type: Article

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