Hypersensitivity to mosquito bites as a potential sign of mantle cell lymphoma

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1097-1099

  Kunitomi, Akane ^a   Konaka, Yoshiteru ^a   Yagita, Masato ^a  

^a Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Epstein Barr virus; Hypersensitivity to mosquito bites; Mantle cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 4; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 14; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG INFUSION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT ALLERGY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ALLERGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LYMPHOMA, MANTLE-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 28344444008     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.1097     Document Type: Article

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