Incidence and clinical features of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in the UK and Ireland

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 376-380

  Salotti, J A ^a,e   Nanduri, V ^b   Pearce, M S ^a   Parker, L ^c   Lynn, R ^d   Windebank, K P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d British Paediatric Surveillance Unit   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PROGNOSIS; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEASONS;

EID: 65649151761     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.144527     Document Type: Article

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