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Preferred term

Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A group of disorders resulting from the abnormal proliferation of and tissue infiltration by LANGERHANS CELLS which can be detected by their characteristic Birbeck granules (X bodies), or by monoclonal antibody staining for their surface CD1 ANTIGENS. Langerhans-cell granulomatosis can involve a single organ, or can be a systemic disorder.

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Hand-Schueller-Christian Disease
  • Hand-Schueller-Christian Syndrome
  • Hand-Schüller-Christian Disease
  • Hand-Schüller-Christian Syndrome
  • Histiocytosis, Generalized
  • Histiocytosis X
  • Histiocytosis-X
  • Langerhans Cell Granulomatosis
  • Langerhans-Cell Granulomatosis
  • Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
  • Langerhans-Cell Histiocytosis
  • Letterer-Siwe Disease
  • Non-Lipid Reticuloendotheliosis
  • Schueller-Christian Disease
  • Systemic Aleukemic Reticuloendotheliosis
  • Type 2 Histiocytosis

In other languages

  • French

  • Granulomatose à cellules de Langerhans
  • Histiocytose des cellules de Langerhans
  • Histiocytose langerhansienne
  • Histiocytose X
  • Maladie de Hand-Schüller-Christian
  • Maladie de Letterer-Siwe

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-SHWR8G4L-F

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