Langerhans cell histiocytosis in the adult

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 540-546

  Malpas, J S ^a   Norton, A J ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adult; clinical features; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; malignant disease; treatment

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETOPOSIDE; INTERFERON; MELPHALAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RETINOL; STEROID; VINBLASTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE LESION; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DYSPNEA; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYELOMA; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029909312     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199612)27:6<540::AID-MPO6>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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