Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis: Emerging concepts in pathobiology, radiology, and clinical evolution of disease

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1673-1683

  Sundar, Krishna M ^a   Gosselin, Marc V ^a   Chung, Hannah L ^a   Cahill, Barbara C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease progression; Eosinophilic granuloma; Histiocytosis; Histiocytosis X; Langerhans cell; Langerhans cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

CELL CLONE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE COURSE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LANGERHANS CELL; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SMOKING;

EID: 0038555324     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.5.1673     Document Type: Review

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