Isolated pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis presenting with recurrent pneumothorax

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-244

  Braier, Jorge ^a   Latella, Antonio ^a   Balancini, Blanca ^a   Castaños, Claudio ^a   Goldberg, Julio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Histiocytosis; Isolated pulmonary; Langerhans cell; Recurrent pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTOPURINE; PREDNISONE; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHILD; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33845641383     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20593     Document Type: Article

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