Molecular pathological analysis of testicular diffuse large cell lymphomas

Human Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1231-1239

  Hyland, James ^b   Lasota, Jerzy ^b   Jasinski, Marek ^b   Petersen, Robert O ^b   Nordling, Stig ^b   Miettinen, Markku ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

HHV 8; IgH gene rearrangement; Lymphoma; Oncogenes

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; PLASMACYTOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION; TESTIS TUMOR;

EID: 0031761179     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(98)90250-7     Document Type: Article

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