Cutaneous B-cell lymphomas: Facts and open issues

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-128

  Pimpinelli, N ^a   Santucci, M ^a   Giannotti, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN LYMPHOMA;

AGED; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; PROGNOSIS; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1642355935     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00785.x     Document Type: Editorial

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