PCR analysis of IgH and BC2 gene rearrangement in the diagnosis of follicular lymphoma in lymph node fine-needle aspiration: A critical appraisal

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 154-160

  Aiello, Antonella ^a   Delia, Domenico ^a   Giardini, Roberto ^a   Alasio, Loredana ^a   Bartoli, Cesare ^a   Pierotti, Marco A ^a   Pilotti, Silvana ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

BCL2 rearrangement; Fine needle aspiration; Follicular lymphoma; Immunoglobulin gene monoclonality; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, BCL-2; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030799464     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019606-199706000-00005     Document Type: Article

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