Clinical relevance of immunoglobulin mutation analysis

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 395-402

  Hummel, Michael ^a   Stein, Harald ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MUTATION;

EID: 0034455548     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001622-200009000-00003     Document Type: Review

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