Oral manifestations of langerhans cell histiocytosis in a pediatric population: A clinical and histological study of 8 patients

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 552-556

  Mortellaro, C ^a,c   Pucci, A ^b   Palmeri, A ^a   Lucchina, A Greco ^d   Berta, M ^b   Celeste, A ^b   Costantino, S ^b   Del Prever, A Brach ^b   Forni, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Childhood; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GINGIVA DISEASE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH ULCER; ORAL BIOPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SKIN DEFECT; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; VINCENT STOMATITIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL DISEASES; GINGIVITIS, NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; OSTEOLYSIS; RECURRENCE; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS;

EID: 33747624388     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200605000-00028     Document Type: Article

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