Langerhans cells in vulvar lichen sclerosus and vulvar squamous cell carcinoma

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 363-366

  Rotsztejn, Helena ^a   Trznadel Budźko, Ewa ^b   Jesionek Kupnicka, Dorota ^b  

^a POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Langerhans cells; Lichen sclerosus; Squamous cell carcinoma; Vulva

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE CULTURE; VULVA CANCER; VULVA KRAUROSIS;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; VULVAR LICHEN SCLEROSUS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750297055     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-006-0039-6     Document Type: Article

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