Clonal evolution of B cells in transformation from low- to high-grade lymphoma

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1253-1264

  Matolcsy, András ^a,b   Schattner, Elaine J ^a,c   Knowles, Daniel M ^a   Casali, Paolo ^a,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte; Clonal expansion; Ig gene; Somatic hypermuation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER GRADING; CLONE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032961843     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199904)29:04<1253::aid-immu1253>3.0.co;2-8     Document Type: Article

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