Clonal identities and multiple isotype transcripts in hematological diseases revealed by a single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of the immunoglobulin heavy chain messenger signals

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 74-81

  Shiokawa, Satoshi ^a   Nishimura, Junji ^b   Uike, Naokuni ^c   Saburi, Yoshio ^d   Suehiro, Tomoki ^e   Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d OITA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Suehiro Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin variable region; Polymerase chain reaction; Polymorphism; Single stranded conformational

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

AGED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 0032829096     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199910)62:2<74::AID-AJH2>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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