Primary cutaneous langerhans cell histiocytosis in an adult

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-284

  Aoki, Mikako ^a   Aoki, Ritsu ^a   Akimoto, Masataka ^a   Hara, Kazuo ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birbeck granule; CD1a; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Malignant Langerhans' cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFILTRATE; SKIN NODULE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0031778998     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199806000-00011     Document Type: Article

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