Molecular characterization of the histiocytoses: Neoplasia of dendritic cells and macrophages.

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The systemic histiocytoses encompass a clinically heterogeneous group of disorders leading to tissue damage secondary to the accumulation and infiltration of pathological cells thought to be derived from the dendritic or monocytic lineages with accompanying inflammation. For decades, whether or not the histiocytoses were inflammatory or neoplastic disorders was unclear, and their cellular origins have long been...

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