Simultaneous development of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma - Analyses of the clonal relatedness by sequencing CDR3 in immunoglobulin heavy chain genes

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-124

  Shimizu, Seiichi ^a   Tamagawa, Yuna ^a   Kojima, Hiroshi ^a   Mori, Naoyoshi ^b   Nagata, Michio ^a   Noguchi, Masayuki ^a   Nagasawa, Toshiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complementarity determining region 3; Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Hypercalcemia; Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUMBAR SPINE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOPLASMACYTIC LYMPHOMA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

AGED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CLONE CELLS; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; LYMPHOMA, SMALL LYMPHOCYTIC; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0037332075     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2003.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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