Detection of clonal B cells in microdissected reactive lymphoproliferations: Possible diagnostic pitfalls in PCR analysis of immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangement

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 104-110

  Zhou, X G ^b   Sandvej, K ^a   Gregersen, N ^a   Hamilton Dutoit, S J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

B cell clonality; GENESCAN; Paraffin wax embedded section microdissection; Polymerase chain reaction; Reactive lymphoproliferation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032921409     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.52.2.104     Document Type: Article

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