Clinicopathological features of gastric mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas: High grade transformation and comparison with diffuse large B cell lymphomas without MALT lymphoma features

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-190

  Yoshino, Tadashi ^a   Omonishi, Kunihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Keita ^a   Mannami, Tomohiko ^a   Okada, Hiroyuki ^a   Mizuno, Motowo ^a   Yamadori, Ichiro ^a   Kondo, Eisaku ^a   Akagi, Tadaatsu ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

MALT lymphoma; Stomach; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH LYMPHOMA; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH WALL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, HIGH-GRADE; LYMPHOMA, LOW-GRADE; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034071837     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.53.3.187     Document Type: Article

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