Immunoglobulin gene polymerase chain reaction to distinguish hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly from 'African' chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and splenic lymphoma

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-39

  Jimmy, E O ^a,c   Bedu Addo, G ^b   Bates, I ^a   Bevan, D ^a   Rutherford, T R ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Differential diagnosis; Hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly; Immunoglobulin gene amplification; Polymerase chain reaction; Splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALARIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0029958919     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90472-1     Document Type: Article

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