Revising the historical collection of epithelioid cell-rich lymphomas of the Kiel Lymph Node Registry: What is Lennert's lymphoma nowadays?

Histopathology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1173-1182

  Hartmann, Sylvia ^a   Agostinelli, Claudio ^b   Klapper, Wolfram ^c   Korkolopoulou, Penelope ^d   Koch, Karoline ^c   Marafioti, Teresa ^e   Piccaluga, Pier Paolo ^b   Patsouris, Efstratios ^d   Pileri, Stefano ^a   Hansmann, Martin Leo ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AITL; Epithelioid cell rich lymphomas; Lennert's lymphoma; PTCL NOS

Indexed keywords

ANGIOIMMUNOBLASTIC LYMPHADENOPATHY; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER REGISTRY; EPITHELIOID CELL; HELPER CELL; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENNERT LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA; PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA; PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84855946655     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.04069.x     Document Type: Article

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