Adult Onset Folliculocentric Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Confined to the Scalp

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-126

  Hancox, John G ^a   James, Asha Pardasani ^a   Madden, Christopher ^a   Wallace, Christopher A ^a   McMichael, Amy J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD1a; Folliculitis decalvans; Histiocytes; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Scalp

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PREDNISONE; T6 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; FOLLICULITIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LANGERHANS CELL; LICHENOID; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; SARCOIDOSIS; SCALP; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD1; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLICULITIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; PREDNISONE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SCALP DERMATOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842614394     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200404000-00007     Document Type: Article

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