High frequency of t(11;18) in gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas in Taiwan, including one patient with high-grade transformation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-100

  Chuang, Shih Sung ^a,b   Lee, Chuan ^a   Hamoudi, Rifat A ^b   Liu, Hongxiang ^b   Lee, Po Shing ^a   Ye, Hongtao ^b   Diss, Tim C ^b   Dogan, Ahmet ^b   Isaacson, Peter G ^b   Du, Ming Qing ^b  

^a Chi Mei Medical Centre   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High grade transformation; MALT lymphoma; p53; RT PCR; t(11; 18)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH LYMPHOMA; STOMACH MUCOSA; TAIWAN;

EID: 0037217645     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04035.x     Document Type: Article

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