Leptomeningeal involvement in chronic lymphocytic leukemia identified by polymerase chain reaction in stored slides: A case report

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 500-503

  Garicochea, Bernardo ^a,b   Cliquet, Marcelo Gil ^a   Melo, Neusa ^a   Del Giglio, Auro ^a   Dorlhiac Llacer, Pedro E ^a   Chamone, Dalton Alencar F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ SANGUE HEMOCENTRO DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CLL; Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement; PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030958302     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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