Assessment of histologic criteria in the diagnosis of mycosis fungoides

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-52

  Naraghi, Zahra Safee ^a   Seirafi, Hassan ^a   Valikhani, Mahin ^a   Farnaghi, Forshad ^a   Kavusi, Susan ^a   Dowlati, Yahya ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; CANCER STAGING; DYSKERATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LICHENOID; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MITOSIS RATE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN FIBROSIS; SWEAT GLAND; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038390398     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01566.x     Document Type: Review

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