Clonality in sarcoidosis, granuloma annulare, and granulomatous mycosis fungoides

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 659-662

  Pfaltz, Katrin ^a   Kerl, Katrin ^b   Palmedo, Gabriele ^c   Kutzner, Heinz ^c   Kempf, Werner ^a,b  

^a Kempf and Pfaltz Histological Diagnostics   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

cutaneous T cell lymphoma; gene rearrangement; granuloma annulare; granulomatous; mycosis fungoides; sarcoidosis; T cell clonality

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CLONE CELLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053561021     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e318222f906     Document Type: Article

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