Langerhans cell histiocytosis: diagnosis, natural history, management, and outcome.

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Published in Cancer on May 15, 1999

Authors

D M Howarth1, G S Gilchrist, B P Mullan, G A Wiseman, J H Edmonson, P J Schomberg

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

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