Pyoderma gangrenosum as a cause of splenomegaly and association with a T-cell clone

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 402-404

  Mittal, S ^a   Milner, B J ^b   Vickers, M A ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

and T cell clone; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Splenomegaly and monoclonal gammopathy; Sterile abscess

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RASH; SEROLOGY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; CLONE CELLS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR GAMMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SPLENOMEGALY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 28944437864     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: 13652257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2005.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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