Comparative morphometric analysis of intraepidermal and dermal lymphocytes in early mycosis fungoides and some inflammatory dermatoses

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-158

  Gamsizkan, Mehmet ^a   Demiriz, Murat ^a   Karslioǧlu, Yildirim ^a   Günhan, Ömer ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Morphometric analysis; Mycosis fungoides; Neoplasm; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DRUG ERUPTION; EARLY CANCER; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PITYRIASIS ROSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ADULT; AGED; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250896079     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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