Mycosis fungoides in patients under 20 years of age: Report of 7 cases, review of the literature and study of the clinical course

Dermatology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-14

  Quaglino, P ^b   Zaccagna, A ^b   Verrone, A ^b   Dardano, F ^b   Bernengo, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Age factors; Childhood; Immunophenotyping; Mycosis fungoides; Mycosis fungoides prognosis; Mycosis fungoides survival

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHLORMETHINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IDARUBICIN; PREDNISONE; THYMOPENTIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NEOPLASM STAGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032765617     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018196     Document Type: Article

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