Langerhans cell histiocytosis: Immunohistochemical expression of fascin, a dendritic cell marker

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 335-343

  Pinkus, Geraldine S ^a   Lones, Mark A ^b   Matsumura, Fumio ^c   Yamashiro, Shigeko ^c   Said, Jonathan W ^d   Pinkus, Jack L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Fascin; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Langerhans cells

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CELL MARKER; FASCIN; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN S 100; T6 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FASCAPLYSINE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; DENDRITIC CELL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; ORBIT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKULL; SOFT TISSUE; STAINING; THYROID GLAND; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; INFANT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INDOLES; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036718798     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/N2TW-ENRB-1N1C-DWL0     Document Type: Article

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