Association between telomere length and VH gene mutation status in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: Clinical and biological implications

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 593-598

  Hultdin, M ^a   Rosenquist, R ^b   Thunberg, U ^b   Tobin, G ^b   Norrback, K F ^a   Johnson, A ^b   Sundstrom C ^b   Roos, Göran ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Immunoglobulin gene; Prognosis; Somatic hypermutation; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; TELOMERASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TELOMERE;

AGED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037463240     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600763     Document Type: Article

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