A combination of abnormal immunoarchitecture and reproducible clonal bands identifies the biologic nature of cutaneous B-cell infiltrates

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 495-512

  Saxena, Anurag ^a,b   Angel, Steven ^a   Geldenhuys, Laurette ^a   Hull, Peter R ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Dept of Pathology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Clonality; Cutaneous B cell infiltrates; Cutaneous B cell lymphoma; Cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia; Immunoarchitecture; Immunohistochemistry; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN LYMPHOMA;

EID: 0033492169     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/112.4.495     Document Type: Article

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