Nail involvement in Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-51

  Ashena, Zahra ^a   Alavi, Samin ^b   Arzanian, Mohammad Taghi ^b   Eshghi, Peyman ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Nail involvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; NAIL DISEASE; ONYCHOLYSIS; PARONYCHIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUSTULE; STRIA; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; NAIL DISEASES;

EID: 33845250452     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010601001362     Document Type: Article

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