Flow cytometric analysis of Kappa and Lambda light chain expression in evaluation of specimens for B-cell neoplasia

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 243-252

  Fukushima, Paula I ^a   Nguyen, Phuong Khanh Thi ^a   O'Grady, Paul ^a   Stetler Stevenson, Maryalice ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

flow cytometry; light chain restriction; monoclonal B cell detection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL;

EID: 0030468752     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19961215)26:4<243::AID-CYTO2>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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