Frequency of BCL-2/J(H) translocations in peripheral blood of follicular lymphoma patients

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 205-207

  Zhang, Xian Yang ^a   Safah, Hana ^a   Mudad, Raja ^a   Maher, Ellen ^a   Krause, John ^a   Miller, Alan ^a   Ehrlich, Melanie ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BCL 2; Follicular lymphoma; PCR; Translocations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GENES, BCL-2; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN JOINING REGION; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030805849     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199707)55:4<205::AID-AJH7>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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