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STAGING PROCEDURES IN CUTANEOUS T CELL DISEASE
Author(s) -
Dovle John A.,
Winkimann R. K.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1981.tb00786.x
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , medline , autopsy , neoplasm staging , dermatology , intensive care medicine , pathology , general surgery , carcinoma , political science , law
SUMMARY Autopsy studies have long shown a propensity for the extracutaneous dissemination in cutaneous T cell disease. More thorough staging procedures are now identifying extra‐ctaneous disease even in patients with apparently limited disease. The use of standardized and accurate staging procedures should help formalate meaningful therapeutic protocols.