The polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of early mycosis fungoides

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 282-287

  Liebmann, Rachael D ^a,c   Anderson, Brian ^a   McCarthy, Keith P ^b   Chow, Jade W M ^a  

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

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous T cell; Gene rearrangement; Lymphoma; Mycosis fungoids; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); T cell receptor (TCR)

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN LYMPHOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030748281     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199707)182:3<282::AID-PATH864>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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