Mycosis fungoides: What do/do not we know?

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 35-39

  Smoller, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; DISEASE COURSE; GENOTYPE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; POIKILODERMA; POIKILODERMA ATROPHICANS VASCULARE; POIKILODERMA VARIEGATA; REVIEW; SEZARY SYNDROME; T CELL LYMPHOMA; WORINGER KOLOPP DISEASE;

HUMANS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 54049117274     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01120.x     Document Type: Review

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