Follicular mucinosis: A clinicopathologic, histochemical, immunohistochemical and molecular study comparing the primary benign form and the mycosis fungoides-associated follicular mucinosis

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-19

  Rongioletti, Franco ^a,b   De Lucchi, Simona ^b   Meyes, Dan ^c   Mora, Marco ^a   Rebora, Alfredo ^b   Zupo, Simonetta ^d   Cerruti, Giannamaria ^d   Patterson, James W ^c  

^a Clinica Dermatologica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID; MUCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLICLE MUCINOSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUCINOSIS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; SCHOOL CHILD; SEZARY SYNDROME; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINOSIS, FOLLICULAR; MUCINS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049164212     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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