Relative frequency of the different types of cutaneous T cell and natural killer cell lymphomas in Korea based on the proposed WHO classification and the EORTC classification

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-47

  Chang, Sung Eun ^a   Jee, Min Sun ^a   Kim, Kyoung Jin ^a   Choi, Jee Ho ^a   Sung, Kyung Jeh ^a   Moon, Kee Chan ^a   Koh, Jai Kyoung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cutaneous T cell and NK cell lymphomas in Korea; WHO classification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; KOREA; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; LYMPHOMATOID PAPULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA; SEZARY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KOREA; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037281239     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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