The value of molecular analysis by PCR in the diagnosis of cutaneous lymphocytic infiltrates

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 447-452

  Holm, Niels ^a   Flaig, Michael J ^a   Yazdi, Amir S ^a   Sander, Christian A ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONAL VARIATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LYMPHOMA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

CLONE CELLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0036734836     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2002.290801.x     Document Type: Review

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