Primary diffuse large B cell lymphoma of the stomach: Analysis of somatic mutations in the rearranged immunoglobulin heavy chain variable genes indicates antigen selection

Leukemia

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1085-1092

  Driessen, A ^a   Tierens, A ^a   Ectors, N ^a,b   Stul, M ^a   Pittaluga, S ^a   Geboes, K ^a   Delabie, J ^a   De Wolf Peeters, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UZ St Rafaël ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antigen selection; Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Low grade MALT lymphoma; Mutation analysis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; STOMACH LYMPHOMA;

EID: 0032809686     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2401453     Document Type: Article

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