Blastic natural killer cell leukaemia with skin involvement: A case report

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-88

  Kaya, E ^a   Ozcan, H ^a   Kuku, I ^a   Dikilitas, M ^a   Sevinc, A ^a   Aydogdu, I ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CD4; CD56; Immunophenotyping; Leukaemia; Natural killer cell; Skin neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IDARUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CELL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0742324520     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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