The epidemiology of Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 379-384

  Nicholson, H S ^a   Egeler, R M ^a   Nesbit, M E ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLONAL ANERGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEREDITY; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LANGERHANS CELL; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031924848     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8588(05)70517-7     Document Type: Article

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