The product of the t(11;18), an API2-MLT fusion, is an almost exclusive finding in marginal zone cell lymphoma of extranodal MALT-type

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 521-526

  Maes, B ^a,b   Baens, M ^c   Marynen, P ^c   De Wolf Peeters, Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

API2 MLT; Marginal zone cell lymphoma; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; STOMACH LYMPHOMA;

EID: 0033920247     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008357314157     Document Type: Article

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