Unusual immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor gene rearrangement patterns in acute lymphoblastic leukemias

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 246, Issue , 1999, Pages 205-215

  Szczepanski T ^a,b   Pongers Willemse, M J ^a   Langerak, A W ^a   Van Dongen, J J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032960514     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60162-0_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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