T-cell receptor gene analysis in cutaneous T-cell lymphomas

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-87

  Whittaker, S ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN INFLAMMATION; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029898239     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00025.x     Document Type: Review

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