The use of blind skin biopsy in the diagnosis of intravascular B-cell lymphoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-151

  Le, Elizabeth N ^a   Gerstenblith, Meg R ^a   Gelber, Allan C ^a   Manno, Rebecca L ^a   Ranasinghe, Padmini D ^a   Sweren, Ronald J ^a   McGirt, Laura Y ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; SKIN; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 45049086971     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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