Primary follicular mucinosis: Long-term follow-up of patients younger than 40 years with and without clonal T-cell receptor gene rearrangement

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 856-862

  Brown, Holly A ^a   Gibson, Lawrence E ^a,d   Pujol, Ramon M ^c   Lust, John A ^b   Pittelkow, Mark R ^a  

^a Department of Pathology   (United States)

^b Division of Hematology   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CHLORMETHINE; DAPSONE; HYDROXYZINE; ISOTRETINOIN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PSORALEN; RETINOID; STEROID; SULFACETAMIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONAL VARIATION; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MUCINOSIS; PAPULE; PRIMARY FOLLICULAR MUCINOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0036893983     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.124604     Document Type: Article

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