Malignant Langerhans cell tumor: A case with a favorable outcome associated with the absence of blood dendritic cell proliferation

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 527-529

  Misery, Laurent ^a,b,d   Godard, William ^a   Hamzeh, Hind ^b   Lévigne, Véronique ^a   Vincent, Claude ^c   Perrot, Jean Luc ^a   Gentil Perret, Anne ^a   Schmitt, Daniel ^c   Cambazard, Frédéric ^a  

^a North Hospital   (France)

^b Mucosal Immunity and Pathogens Group   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d CHU MORVAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; T6 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITIC CELL; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; MALIGNANT LANGERHANS CELL TUMOR; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0042357161     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0190-9622(03)00450-X     Document Type: Article

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