Satisfactory remission achieved by PUVA therapy in Langerhans cell hisiocytosis in an elderly patient

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-46

  Sakai, Hiroyuki ^a   Ibe, Masaki ^a   Takahashi, Hidetoshi ^a   Matsuo, Shinobu ^a   Okamoto, Kensaku ^a   Makino, Isao ^a   Oomori, Yukio ^a   Iizuka, Hajime ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

diabetes insipidus; Langerhans cell hisiocytosis; topical PUVA treatment

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEVER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PAPULE; PATHOGENESIS; PUVA; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SKIN BIOPSY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030043920     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1996.tb03966.x     Document Type: Article

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