Langerhans' cells and cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 591-596

  Lotti, Torello M ^a,b,c   Ghersetich, Ilargia ^a,b,c   Comacchi, Claudio ^a,b,c   Katsambas, Andreas ^a,b,c   Tsoureli, Evridiki ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGERHANS CELL; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

HUMANS; LANGERHANS CELLS; NECROSIS; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; VASCULITIS; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0032755229     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(99)00065-6     Document Type: Review

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