Oligoclonal non-neoplastic B cell expansion is the key feature of type II mixed cryoglobulinemia: Clinical and molecular findings do not support a bone marrow pathologic diagnosis of indolent B cell lymphoma

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 94-102

  De Vita, Salvatore ^a   De Re, Valli ^b   Gasparotto, Daniela ^a   Ballarè, Marco ^c   Pivetta, Barbara ^b   Ferraccioli, Gianfranco ^a   Pileri, Stefano ^d   Boiocchi, Mauro ^b   Monteverde, Angelo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, B-LYMPHOCYTE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIVISION; CLONE CELLS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034124955     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200001)43:1<94::AID-ANR12>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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