Langerhans cell histiocytosis: An evaluation of histopathological parameters, demonstration of proliferation by Ki-67 and mitotic bodies

APMIS

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 300-308

  Bank, Micha I ^a   Rengtved, Pia ^a   Carstensen, Henrik ^b   Petersen, Bodil Laub ^a,b  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Ki 67; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Mitoses; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CELL DIVISION; CHILD; EOSINOPHILS; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTES; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; PLASMA CELLS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037880477     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2003.1110202.x     Document Type: Article

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