Vulvar Langerhans cell histiocytosis: A case report and review of the literature

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 241-246

  Santillan, Antonio ^a   Montero, Alberto J ^b   Kavanagh, John J ^b   Liu, Jinsong ^b   Ramirez, Pedro T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Thalidomide; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; VULVA DISEASE;

EID: 0141645570     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-8258(03)00370-6     Document Type: Article

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