Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia presenting as a pleural effusion: The utility of flow cytometry and gene rearrangement analysis in the diagnosis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 891-893

  Mansoor, Adnan ^a   Wagner, Randall P ^a   DePalma, Louis ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD19; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 0034123829     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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