The Revised European-American Classification of Lymphoid Neoplasms (REAL): A preferred approach for the classification of cutaneous lymphomas

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 274-278

  Sander, Christian A ^a   Flaig, Michael J ^a   Kaudewitz, Peter ^a   Jaffe, Elaine S ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell; Cutaneous lymphoma; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; T cell

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN LYMPHOMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032991689     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199906000-00012     Document Type: Review

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