VH gene analysis of primary cutaneous B-cell lymphomas: Evidence for ongoing somatic hypermutation and isotype switching

Blood

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3857-3864

  Aarts, W M ^b   Willemze, R ^b   Bende, R J ^b   Meijer, C J L M ^b   Pals, S T ^b   Van Noesel, C J M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD38 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032533621     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.10.3857.422k08_3857_3864     Document Type: Article

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