Clonal T-cell receptor γ-chain gene rearrangement by PCR-based genescan analysis in advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: A critical evaluation

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 146-154

  Dippel, Edgar ^a   Assaf, Chalid ^a   Hummel, Michael ^a   Schrag, Hans Jürgen ^a   Stein, Harald ^a   Goerdt, Sergij ^a   Orfanos, Constantin E ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CTCL; Eczema; GeneScan analysis; Psoriasis; TCR rearrangement

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECZEMA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN LYMPHOMA; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECZEMA; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSORIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033058479     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199906)188:2<146::AID-PATH334>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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