Cutaneous findings in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1129-1135

  Agnew, K L ^a,b   Ruchlemer, R ^a   Catovsky, R ^a   Matutes, E ^a   Bunker, C B ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypia; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Cutaneous manifestations

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUDARABINE; INTERFERON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DERMATITIS; DRUG ERUPTION; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; T CELL LYMPHOMA; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHICKENPOX; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WARTS;

EID: 3142727621     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05982.x     Document Type: Article

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