t(14;18) chromosomal translocation in follicular lymphoma: An event occurring with almost equal frequency both at the D to J(H) and at later stages in the rearrangement process of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene locus

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 866-872

  Stamatopoulos, Kostas ^a   Kosmas, Christos ^a   Belessi, Chrysoula ^a   Papadaki, Theodora ^b   Afendaki, Stavroula ^b   Anagnostou, Dimitra ^b   Loukopoulos, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

bcl 2; Follicular lymphoma; Immunoglobulin rearrangements

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031456950     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.4853290.x     Document Type: Article

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