Response to initial treatment of multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis: An important prognostic indicator

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 581-585

  Minkov, Milen ^a   Grois, Nicole ^a   Heitger, Andreas ^a   Pötschger, Ulrike ^a   Westermeier, T ^b   Gadner, Helmut ^a  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Prognosis; Treatment response

Indexed keywords

ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISOLONE; VINBLASTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 0036887886     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10166     Document Type: Article

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