The significance of B-cell clonality in gastric lymphoid infiltrates

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-32

  Calvert, Richard J ^a   Evans, Paul A S ^a   Randerson, Juliette A ^a   Jack, Andrew S ^a   Morgan, Gareth J ^a   Dixon, Michael F ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clonality; Gastric lymphoma; Helicobacter associated chronic gastritis; Immunoglobulin heavy chain gene; MALT lymphoma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLONE CELLS; GASTRITIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

EID: 0029998591     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199609)180:1<26::AID-PATH681>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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