Cutaneous Langerhans cell histiocytosis in an elderly man successfully treated with narrowband ultraviolet B [8]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1277-1279

  Imafuku, S ^a,b   Shibata, S ^a   Tashiro, A ^a   Furue, M ^c  

^a Dept of Surgery   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Narrowband ultraviolet B

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CELL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SMOKING; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

AGED; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 36148941795     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08204.x     Document Type: Letter

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