Epidemiologic study of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 774-784

  Bhatia, S ^a   Nesbit M E , Jr ^a   Egeler, R M ^a   Buckley, J D ^a   Mertens, A ^a   Robison, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; LANGERHANS CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID DISEASE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030812599     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(97)80021-2     Document Type: Article

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