Persistent polyclonal B lymphocytosis: An expansion of cells showing IgVH gene mutations and phenotypic features of normal lymphocytes from the CD27+ marginal zone B-cell compartment

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 662-666

  Salcedo, Irene ^a   Campos Caro, Antonio ^a   Sampalo, Almudena ^a   Reales, Elena ^a   Brieva, José A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

IgVH gene somatic mutations; Marginal zone; Phenotypic study; Polyclonal persistent B lymphocytosis (PPBL)

Indexed keywords

CD23 ANTIGEN; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD27; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 0036180158     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1048.2001.03327.x     Document Type: Article

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