Langerhans cell histiocytosis in monocygote twins: Case reports

Neuroradiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-165

  Mader, I ^a   Stock, K W ^a   Radue, E W ^a   Steinbrich, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Letterer Siwe disease; Monozygotic twins; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ABT LETTERER SIWE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0030047519     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00604809     Document Type: Article

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