Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's disease): The necrotic appearance of the lymph node cells is caused by apoptosis

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 385-389

  Ura, Hironobu ^a,b   Yamada, Nobuo ^a   Torii, Hideshi ^a   Imakado, Sumihisa ^a   Iozumi, Ken ^a   Shimada, Shinji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fas; Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis; Kikuchi's disease

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; LYSOZYME; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE CELL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0032976505     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1999.tb03494.x     Document Type: Article

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