Demonstration of aberrant T-cell and natural killer-cell antigen expression in all cases of granular lymphocytic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1026-1036

  Morice, William G ^a   Kurtin, Paul J ^a   Leibson, Paul J ^a   Tefferi, Ayalew ^a   Hanson, Curtis A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Immunophenotype; Killing inhibitory receptor; LGL; NK cell

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD158A ANTIGEN; CD158B ANTIGEN; CD158E ANTIGEN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD161 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CD94 ANTIGEN; CELL ANTIGEN; GRANZYME B; PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD94; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CLONE CELLS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0037353903     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04201.x     Document Type: Article

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