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Langerhans cell histiocytosis: Lack of a viral etiology
1 Sept 1994
Abstract excerpt
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is an enigmatic histiocytic proliferative disorder of unknown etiology that affects children primarily. We have investigated the possibility that viruses are etiological or that they have a "triggering effect" in LCH. Sensitive in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques were used in 56 cases of LCH. We sought and failed to find evidence of genomes for...
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