Polymerase chain reaction based gene rearrangement studies in the diagnosis of follicular lymphoma - performance in formaldehyde-fixed tissue and application in clinical problem cases

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-19

  Miettinen, Markku ^a   Lasota, Jerzy ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Gene rearrangement; Lymphoma; Molecular genetics; PCR; Translocation

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0030954767     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(97)80089-1     Document Type: Article

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