Eradication of polymerase chain reaction detectable immunoglobulin gene rearrangement in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is associated with decreased relapse after autologous bone marrow transplantation

Blood

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3314-3322

  Zwicky, Caroline S ^a   Maddocks, Anne B ^a   Andersen, Niels ^a   Gribben, John G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOMA CELL; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE;

EID: 0029858327     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v88.9.3314.bloodjournal8893314     Document Type: Article

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