Regarding the algorithm for the diagnosis of early mycosis fungoides proposed by the International Society for Cutaneous Lymphomas: Suggestions from routine histopathology practice

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 549-553

  Ferrara, Gerardo ^a   Di Blasi, Arturo ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^b,c   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^c   Cerroni, Lorenzo ^b  

^a G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BIOPSY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CLONE CELLS; DNA, NEOPLASM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 43349102327     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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