Granulomatous slack skin disease - Disease features and response to pentostatin

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 297-304

  Osuji, Nnenna ^a   Fearfield, Louise ^a   Matutes, Estella ^a   Wotherspoon, Andrew C ^a   Bunker, Christopher ^a   Catovsky, Daniel ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous T cell lymphoma; Granulomatous slack skin disease; Hypercalcaemia; Mycosis fungoides; Pentostatin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DNA; DOXORUBICIN; PENTOSTATIN; PREDNISOLONE; PSORALEN; PURINE DERIVATIVE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG USE; ERYTHRODERMA; FAMILY HISTORY; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GRANULOMATOUS SKIN DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RADIATION NECROSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SPLENOMEGALY; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BONE MARROW; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PENTOSTATIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0142246507     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04592.x     Document Type: Article

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