Analysis of variable heavy and light chain genes in follicular lymphomas of different heavy chain isotype

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 246, Issue , 1999, Pages 217-224

  Aarts, W M ^a   Bende, R J ^a   Pals, S T ^a   Van Noesel, C J M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032931792     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60162-0_27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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