Thymic function and immunoglobulin mutation genotype in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 958-961

  Nardini, Elena ^a   Neri, Francesca ^b   Vicenzi, Elisa ^b   Poli, Guido ^b,c   Capello, Daniela ^d   Gaidano, Gianluca ^d   Vitolo, Umberto ^e   Ménard, Sylvie ^a   Balsari, Andrea ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^e Division of Hematology   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

B CLL; Immunoglobulin mutation; SjTRECs; Thymic function

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; SIGNAL JOINT T CELL RECEPTOR EXCISION CIRCLE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPISOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; THYMUS DISEASE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA REPAIR; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL, CHRONIC; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; REFERENCE VALUES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0242425928     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11482     Document Type: Article

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