Case of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma manifesting marked purpura

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 782-785

  Okada, Junna ^a   Imafuku, Shinichi ^a   Tsujita, Jun ^a   Moroi, Yoichi ^a   Urabe, Kazunori ^a   Furue, Masutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult T cell leukemia lymphoma (ATL); Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV 1); Pigmented purpuric dermatitis; Purpura; Skin manifestation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAUNORUBICIN; DNA; ETOPOSIDE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISOLONE; RANIMUSTINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VINCRISTINE SULFATE; VINDESINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; DNA INTEGRATION; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRAVASATION; FACE; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PROVIRUS; PURPURA; SKIN BIOPSY; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, ADULT T-CELL; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PURPURA; SKIN;

EID: 35648942799     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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