Pityriasis lichenoides chronica: stratification by molecular and phenotypic profile

Human Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 479-490

  Magro, Cynthia M ^a   Crowson, A Neil ^b   Morrison, Carl ^c   Li, Jingwei ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous lymphoid dyscrasia; Pityriasis lichenoides

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; L SELECTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOID DYSCRASIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PHENOTYPE; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; PITYRISIS LICHENOIDES CHRONICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33846910005     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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