Pcr-heteroduplex analysis of T-cell receptor γ gene rearrangement in paraffin-embedded skin biopsies

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 321-327

  Kohler, Sabine ^a,b   Jones, Carol D ^a   Warnke, Roger A ^a   Zehnder, James L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous T cell lymphoma; Gene rearrangement; Heteroduplex analysis; Mycosis fungoides; Polymerase chain reaction; Skin; T cell receptor heteroduplex analysis; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN LYMPHOMA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR GAMMA; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033861331     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200008000-00005     Document Type: Article

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