Langhans-type and foreign-body-type multinucleated giant cells in cutaneous lesions of sarcoidosis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-174

  Okamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Mizuno, Kana ^a   Horio, Takeshi ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemical staining monocyte; Scar infiltrations

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SCAR; SKIN DEFECT;

GIANT CELLS, FOREIGN-BODY; GIANT CELLS, LANGHANS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0037564091     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550310007148     Document Type: Article

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