Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase staining of malignant lymphomas in paraffin sections: A useful method for the diagnosis of lymphoblastic lymphoma

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-91

  Suzumiya, Junji ^a   Ohshima, Koichi ^a   Kikuchi, Masahiro ^a   Takhshita, Morishige ^a   Akamatsu, Minoru ^a   Tashiro, Koutarou ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

immunostaining; lymphoblastic lymphoma; malignant lymphoma; paraffin sections; TdT

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; LYMPHOMA, LYMPHOBLASTIC; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, PERIPHERAL; MALE; MICROWAVES; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030944150     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199705)182:1<86::AID-PATH821>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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