Twenty-eight patients with histiocytosis X (HX) who had bone marrow aspirates andlor trephine biopsies taken at diagnosis were studied. Five of the 28 patients (18%) had bone marrow specimens with clusters of benign histiocytes characteristic of histiocytosis X. Several statistically significant cli
Histiocytosis X in bone only
β Scribed by Berry, Daisilee H. ;Gresik, Mary ;Maybee, David ;Marcus, Robert
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 300 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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