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Normal monocyte-derived dendritic cell function in patients with Langerhans-cell-histiocytosis.
Medical and pediatric oncology - 1 Sept 2002
Holter Wolfgang, Ressmann Gabriele, Grois Nicole, Lehner Manfred, Parolini Ornella, Gadner Helmut
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BACKGROUND: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a histiocytic disease, characterized by the lesional accumulation of dendritic Langerhans cells together with T cells and eosinophils. The cause of this disease is unknown. Langerhans cells are bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DCs), which can develop from CD34(+) hematopoietic progenitor cells as well as from monocytes. PROCEDURE: To test whether LCH patients...
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