Langerhans cell histiocytosis of bone in children and adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 124-130

  Ghanem, Ismat ^a,b   Tolo, Vernon T ^a,c   D'Ambra, Pyllis ^a,c   Malogalowkin, Marcio H ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone involvement; Eosinophilic granuloma; Histiocytosis X; Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINBLASTINE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CHILD; CURETTAGE; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037214190     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-200301000-00025     Document Type: Article

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