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Differentiating skin-limited and multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Nov 2014
Simko Stephen J, Garmezy Benjamin, Abhyankar Harshal, Lupo Philip J, Chakraborty Rikhia, Lim Karen Phaik Har, Shih Albert, Hicks M John, Wright Teresa S, Levy Moise L, McClain Kenneth L, Allen Carl E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To identify features associated with multisystem involvement and therapeutic failure in patients with skin Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). STUDY DESIGN: We reviewed medical records of 71 consecutive patients with LCH with skin involvement evaluated at Texas Children's Hospital and analyzed clinical features, laboratory results, and the presence of circulating cells with the BRAF-V600E mutation...
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