CD4+/CD7- T cell frequency and polymerase chain reaction-based clonality assay correlate with stage in cutaneous T cell lymphomas

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-111

  Laetsch, Barbara ^a   Häffner, Andreas C ^a   Döbbeling, Udo ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^b   Ludwig, Elisabeth ^b   Burg, Günter ^a   Dummer, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CD7 antigen loss; Clonality; Cutaneous T cell lymphoma; Mycosis fungoides; Sezary syndrome; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEZARY CELL; SKIN LYMPHOMA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034128662     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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