Complete remission of nodular pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis lesions induced by 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine in a non-smoker

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 316-319

  Aerni, Michelle R ^a   Christine Aubry, Marie ^a   Myers, Jeffery L ^b   Vassallo, Robert ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Chlorodeoxyadenosine; Cigarette smoking; Interstitial lung disease; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Lung nodules

Indexed keywords

CLADRIBINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGERHANS CELL; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

AGED; CLADRIBINE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG; REMISSION INDUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349130275     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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