Pre-malignant and malignant lymphoproliferations in an HCV-infected type II mixed cryoglobulinemic patient are sequential phases of an antigen-driven pathological process

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 211-216

  De Re, Valli ^a   De Vita, Salvatore ^b   Marzotto, Alessandra ^a   Gloghini, Annunziata ^a   Pivetta, Barbara ^a   Gasparotto, Daniela ^b   Cannizzaro, Renato ^a   Carbone, Antonino ^a   Boiocchi, Mauro ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BONE MARROW; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LIVER; LYMPHOMA, SMALL-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034662302     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0215(20000715)87:2<211::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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