Differential diagnosis between cutaneous lymphoma and pseudolymphoma

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 191-198

  Cerroni, Lorenzo ^a   Goteri, Gaia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymphoma; Pseudolymphoma; Skin diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN LYMPHOMA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042021837     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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