Detection of TCR-γ gene rearrangements in early mycosis fungoides by non-radioactive PCR-SSCP

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 228-234

  Murphy, Michael ^a   Signoretti, Sabina ^b   Kadin, Marshall E ^c   Loda, Massimo ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CLONING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

BIOPSY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECURRENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034098083     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2000.027005228.x     Document Type: Article

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