Cutaneous Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the genitalia in the elderly: A report of three cases

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 370-374

  Meehan, Shane A ^a,b   Smoller, Bruce R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; SKIN ULCER;

AGED; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0031666471     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1998.tb01760.x     Document Type: Article

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