Indolent T-lymphoblastic proliferation: Report of a case with a 16-year course without cytotoxic therapy

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 977-981

  Velankar, Milind M ^b   Nathwani, Bharat N ^b   Schlutz, Michael J ^b   Bain, Leslie A ^b   Arber, Daniel A ^b   Slovak, Marilyn L ^b   Weiss, Lawrence M ^a  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Low grade lymphoproliferation; Lymphoblastic lymphoma; Lymphoblastic proliferation; Malignant lymphoma; T cell lymphoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME INVERSION 9; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOBLAST; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; MALE; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THYMUS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; DNA, NEOPLASM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOMA, LOW-GRADE; LYMPHOMA, LYMPHOBLASTIC; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032798684     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199908000-00017     Document Type: Article

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