Analysis of T-cell clonality in bone marrow of patients with acquired aplastic anaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-91

  Melenhorst, J Joseph ^a   Fibbe, Willem E ^a   Struyk, Linda ^a   Van Der Elsen, Peter J ^a   Willemze, Roel ^a   Landegent, James E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aplastic anaemia; clonality; SSCP; T cell receptor ; V usage

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CELL CLONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; BONE MARROW; CLONE CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031014420     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.d01-1989.x     Document Type: Article

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