Adult disseminated Langerhans cell histiocytosis: incidence, racial disparities and long-term outcomes

Br J Haematol. 2018 Aug;182(4):579-581. doi: 10.1111/bjh.14818. Epub 2017 Jun 27.

Authors

Gaurav Goyal¹, Mithun V Shah², Christopher C Hook¹, Alexandra P Wolanskyj¹, Timothy G Call¹, Karen L Rech³, Ronald S Go¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
² Division of Hematology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

PMID: 28653448
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.14818

No abstract available

Keywords: Langerhans cell histiocytosis; acute myeloid leukaemia; dendritic cells; haematological malignancies; histiocytes.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alaska Natives*
Black or African American*
Female
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell* / epidemiology
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell* / ethnology
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell* / therapy
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Registries*
United States / epidemiology