Title Cutaneous lymphomas / edited by Günther [i.e. Günter] Burg, Werner Kempf ; associate editors, Dmitry V. Kazakov, Marshall E. Kadin, Reinhard Dummer

Published Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 556 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) Series Basic and clinical dermatology ; 32 Basic and clinical dermatology ; 32 Contents ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Contributors""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1 Cutaneous Lymphomasâ€?Historical Aspects""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Unique Features of Cutaneous Lymphomas""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Cutaneous Lymphoma: A Prototype Neoplasia for Cancer Research""; ""REFERENCE""; ""4 Epidemiology""; ""CUTANEOUS LYMPHOMAS""; ""CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMAS""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS INFLUENCING INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY RATES Sex""; ""Age""; ""Race and Geographic Factors""; ""Ultraviolet Radiation""; ""Occupational Exposure""; ""Other Risk Factors""; ""CUTANEOUS B-CELL LYMPHOMAS (CBCL)""; ""REFERENCES"" ""5 The Lymphoid System""""REFERENCES""; ""6 Structure and Function of Secondary Lymphoid Tissues""; ""SPLEEN""; ""MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUES""; ""SKIN""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 Ontogeny of Lymphoid Cells""; ""B-CELL ONTOGENY""; ""T-CELL ONTOGENY""; ""NATURAL KILLER CELLS""; ""MYELOID CELLS""; ""EOSINOPHILS""; ""BASOPHILS AND MAST CELLS""; ""MONOCYTES AND MACROPHAGES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""8 Histo- and Cytomorphology""; ""9 Growth Patterns of Lympho- and Myeloproliferative Infiltrates of the Skin""; ""PRINCIPAL GROWTH PATTERN""; ""GROWTH PATTERN IN CUTANEOUS LYMPHOMAS""; ""T-Cell Pattern"" ""ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF PCR-DGGE""""REFERENCES""; ""15 Cytogenetic Studies in Cutaneous Lymphomas""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""GENETIC ABNORMALITIES IN CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMAS""; ""Mycosis Fungoides and SeÂ?zary Syndrome""; ""CD30+ Lymphoproliferative Disorders""; ""GENETIC ABNORMALITIES IN CUTANEOUS B-CELL LYMPHOMAS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""16 Functional Profiling by Microarray Technology""; ""TYPES OF MICROARRAY EXPERIMENTS""; ""DNA MICROARRAY EXPERIMENTS""; ""Spotted Arrays""; ""Affymetrix GeneChips""; ""PROTEIN-BASED GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS""; ""CUTANEOUS LYMPHOMA"" ""B-Cell Pattern""""Diffuse Growth Pattern""; ""Pseudolymphomatous Growth Pattern""; ""Interstitial Growth Pattern""; ""GROWTH PATTERNS OF MYELOPROLIFERATIVE INFILTRATES IN THE SKIN""; ""REFERENCES""; ""10 Stepwise Approach to the Diagnosis of Lymphoproliferative Skin Infiltrates and Related Disorders""; ""HISTORY""; ""CLINICAL FEATURES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""11 Clinical Staging of Cutaneous Lymphomas""; ""CLASSICAL ALIBERTâ€?BAZIN STAGING""; ""TNM STAGING""; ""TUMOR BURDEN INDEX""; ""Examples""; ""REFERENCES""; ""12 Laboratory Investigations""; ""SKIN BIOPSIES"" ""LYMPH NODE AND BONE MARROW BIOPSIES""""BLOOD TESTS""; ""RADIOLOGIC TESTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""13 Immunohistochemistry and Phenotypic Features""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF IMMUNOPHENOTYPING IN CUTANEOUS LYMPHOMAS""; ""A PRACTICAL STEPWISE APPROACH TO CUTANEOUS LYMPHOMAS""; ""CTCL AND CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOMAS""; ""CD30-POSITIVE LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASES""; ""CBCL AND B-CELL PSEUDOLYMPHOMA""; ""LEUKEMIC INFILTRATES OF THE SKIN""; ""IMMUNOPHENOTYPIC MARKERS AS PROGNOSTIC PARAMETERS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""14 Genotyping""; ""THE IDENTIFICATION OF A MALIGNANT T-CELL CLONE BY PCR-DGGE"" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Lymphomas. Skin -- Tumors. Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous -- diagnosis. Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous -- drug therapy. Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous -- therapy. Skin Neoplasms -- diagnosis. Skin Neoplasms -- drug therapy. Skin Neoplasms -- therapy. Form Electronic book Author Burg, Günter. Dummer, Reinhard G., 1960- Kadin, Marshall E. Kazakov, Dmitry V. Kempf, Werner. ISBN 0849346037 (electronic bk.) 9780849346033 (electronic bk.)

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