Nonnasal lymphoma expressing the natural killer cell marker CD56: A clinicopathologic study of 49 cases of an uncommon aggressive neoplasm

Blood

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4501-4513

  Chan, John K C ^a   Sin, V C ^b   Wong, K F ^b   Ng, C S ^b   Tsang, William Y W ^b   Chan, C H ^b   Cheung, M M C ^b   Lau, W H ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELL; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0030974251     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v89.12.4501     Document Type: Article

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