Herpes-virus infection in patients with Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a case-controlled sero-epidemiological study, and in situ analysis.

Herpes-virus infection in patients with Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a case-controlled sero-epidemiological study, and in situ analysis.

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease that affects mainly young children, and which features granulomas containing Langerhans-type dendritic cells. The role of several human herpesviruses (HHV) in the pathogenesis of LCH was suggested by numerous reports but remains debated. Epstein-...

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Main Authors: Eric Jeziorski, Brigitte Senechal, Thierry Jo Molina, Francis Devez, Marianne Leruez-Ville, Patrice Morand, Christophe Glorion, Ludovic Mansuy, Joel Gaudelus, Marianne Debre, Francis Jaubert, Jean-Marie Seigneurin, Caroline Thomas, Irene Joab, Jean Donadieu, Frederic Geissmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2533395?pdf=render

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