Automated high-resolution polymerase chain reaction fragment analysis: A method for detecting T-cell receptor γ-chain gene rearrangements in lymphoproliferative diseases

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-33

  Simon, Martin ^a   Kind, Peter ^a   Kaudewitz, Peter ^a   Krokowski, Manuela ^a   Graf, Armin ^a   Prinz, Jörg ^a   Puchta, Ursula ^a   Medeiros, L Jeffrey ^b   Sander, Christian A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SKIN BIOPSY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

AUTOMATION; BLOOD CELLS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEZARY SYNDROME; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031974403     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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