Borrelia burgdorferi-associated lymphocytoma cutis: Clinicopathologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular study of 106 cases

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-240

  Colli, Claudia ^a,b   Leinweber, Bernd ^a   Müllegger, Robert ^a   Chott, Andreas ^c   Kerl, Helmut ^a   Cerroni, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DNA SCREENING; EAR LOBE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GERMINAL CENTER; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIMB; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NIPPLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TRUNK; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 1242270487     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2003.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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