Do myelomatous plasma cells really express surface immunoglobulins?

Haematologica

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 460-463

  Ocqueteau, Mauricio ^a   San Miguel, Jesús F ^a   González, Marcos ^a   Almeida, Julia ^a   Orfao, Alberto ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Multiple myeloma; Plasma cell; Surface immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

CD38 ANTIGEN; FLUOROCHROME; LYMPHOCYTE MEMBRANE IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURFACE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MYELOMA; PLASMA CELL;

AGED; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PLASMA CELLS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL;

EID: 0030326640     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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