Heteroduplex PCR analysis of rearranged T cell receptor genes for clonality assessment in suspect T cell proliferations

Leukemia

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2192-2199

  Langerak, A W ^a   Szczepanski T ^a   Van Der Burg, M ^a   Wolvers Tettero, I L M ^a   Van Dongen, J J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clonality assessment; Heteroduplex analysis; PCR; T cell malignancies; T cell receptor (TCR); TCR genes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENATURATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENATURATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0031452746     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400887     Document Type: Article

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