Langerhans cell histiocytosis first presenting in the skin in adults: Frequent association with a second haematological malignancy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1287-1294

  Edelbroek, J R ^a   Vermeer, M H ^a   Jansen, P M ^a   Stoof, T J ^b   Van Der Linden, M M D ^c   Horvath B ^d   Van Baarlen, J ^e   Willemze, R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e Laboratorium Pathologie Oost Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CHLORMETHINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; HYDROXYUREA; MERCAPTOPURINE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN S 100; STEROID; T6 ANTIGEN; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; BONE LESION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEUKOPENIA; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MALE; MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RADIOTHERAPY; REMISSION; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; NETHERLANDS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84870171240     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.11169.x     Document Type: Review

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