Clinical spectrum of cutaneous Langerhans' cell histiocytosis mimicking various diseases

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-43

  Querings, Kerstin ^a   Starz, Hans ^a   Balda, Bernd Rüdiger ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Histocytosis; Immunohistology; Langerhans' cell; Skin infants

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; MERCAPTOPURINE; PREDNISONE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD1 ANTIGEN; CD207 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LECTIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; PROTEIN S 100; T6 ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; SKIN DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD1; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33744773813     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0003     Document Type: Article

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