Applied molecular genetics in the diagnosis of malignant non-hodgkins lymphoma

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 177-191

  Griesser, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bcl 1; Bcl 2; C myc; Immunoglobulin gene; Lymphoma; Malignant; PCR; Rearrangement; T cell receptor gene

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN;

EID: 0027304825     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: 15334066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019606-199300020-00028     Document Type: Article

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