Assessment of B-Cell clonality by the polymerase chain reaction: A pragmatic overview

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-203

  Segal, Glenn H ^a  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 0000519045     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00125480-199603030-00006     Document Type: Review

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