Determination of clonality in patients who present with diagnostic dilemmas: A laboratory experience and review of the literature

Leukemia

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 852-862

  Rockman, S P ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Gene rearrangement studies; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0030914427     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400678     Document Type: Article

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