Analysis of clonal antigen receptor gene rearrangements in T-cells involved with Kaposi's sarcoma

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2 A, 1997, Pages 1205-1207

  Alaibac, Mauro ^a   Congedo, M ^b   Barbarossa, G ^a   Bottiglieri, A ^a   De Filippi, E ^b   Marzullo, F ^a   Quarta, G ^b   Schittulli, F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

^b Civil Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clonality; Kaposi's sarcoma; Skin neoplasm; T lymphocytes; TCR rearrangement

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0030890312     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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