Usefulness of flow cytometry in the diagnosis of mycosis fungoides

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 454-462

  Oshtory, Shaheen ^a   Apisarnthanarax, Narin ^a   Gilliam, Anita C ^a   Cooper, Kevin D ^a   Meyerson, Howard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA LAGUNA

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BIOPSY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34547808097     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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