Mycosis fungoides in the pediatric population: Report from an international childhood registry of cutaneous lymphoma

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Pope, Elena ^a   Weitzman, Sheila ^a   Ngan, Bo ^a   Walsh, Scott ^a   Morel, Kimberly ^a   Williams, Judith ^a   Stein, Sarah ^a   Garzon, Maria ^a   Knobler, Elizabeth ^a   Lieber, Colette ^a   Turchan, Kirsten ^a   Wargon, Orli ^a   Tsuchiya, Arline ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; PHOSPHATE; STEROID; URATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CYTOTOXICITY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; ONSET AGE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; POIKILODERMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LYMPHOMA; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHENOTYPE; REGISTRIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76649113356     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2009.08091     Document Type: Article

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