Autoreactive B cell clones in marginal-zone b cell lymphoma (MALT lymphoma) of the stomach

Leukemia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 247-253

  Zucca, E ^a   Bertoni, F ^a   Roggero, E ^a   Cazzaniga, G ^b   Bosshard, G ^b   Biondi, A ^a   Cavalli, F ^b  

^a OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONE CELLS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031992253     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400908     Document Type: Letter

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