Langerhans' cell histiocytosis: Experience from a single center

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 685-688

  Bansal, Deepak ^a   Marwaha, R K ^a   Trehan, Amita ^a   Gupta, Vishal ^a   Varma, Neelam ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Children; India; Langerhans' cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VINBLASTINE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AMBULATORY CARE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LIVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 48949096590     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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