Value of clonality studies of cutaneous T lymphocytes in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with mycosis fungoides

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-190

  Delfau Larue, Marie Hélène ^a   Petrella, Tony ^b   Lahet, Chantal ^a   Lebozec, Christelle ^a   Bagot, Martine ^a   Roudot Thoraval, Françoise ^a   Dalac, Sophie ^b   Farcet, Jean Pierre ^a   Wechsler, Janine ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Mycosis fungoides; PCR; T cell clonality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CLONE CELLS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0031909831     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199802)184:2<185::AID-PATH997>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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