Familial clustering of Langerhans cell histiocytosis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 883-888

  Aricò, Maurizio ^a   Nichols, Kim ^b   Whitlock, James A ^c   Arceci, Robert ^d   Haupt, Riccardo ^e   Mittler, Uwe ^f   Kühne, Thomas ^g   Lombardi, Alessandra ^h   Ishii, Euchi ⁱ   Egeler, R Maarten ^j   Danesino, Cesare ^k  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^h BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ HAMANOMACHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

Familial cases; Hereditary disease; Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 0033401827     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01777.x     Document Type: Article

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