EORTC classification for primary cutaneous lymphomas: The best guide to good clinical management

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-273

  Willemze, Rein ^a   Meijer, Chris J L M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Cutaneous lymphoma; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN LYMPHOMA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033057185     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199906000-00011     Document Type: Review

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