Successful treatment with cyclophosphamide of Langerhans cell histiocytosis involving the skin and lymph nodes in an adult patient

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 791-792

  Nakajima, K ^a   Morisawa, R ^b   Kodama, H ^b   Sano, S ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b San Ai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PSORALEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASES;

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 77956677125     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03802.x     Document Type: Letter

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