Pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis (Histiocytosis X) on bronchoalveolar lavage: A report of 2 cases

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 480-482

  Zeppa, Pio ^a,b   Cozzolino, Immacolata ^a,b   Russo, Maria ^a,b   Cataldo, Pietro Tullio ^a,b   Vetrani, Antonio ^a,b   Palombini, Lucio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Department of Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology ^*

^c Cytopathology Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN S 100; T6 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CYTOPLASM; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 34248674943     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325773     Document Type: Article

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