Demonstration of identical clonal derivation in a case of "oculocerebral" lymphoma [1]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-239

  Coupland, Sarah E ^a   Hummel, M ^a   Stein, H ^a   Willerding, G ^a   Jahnke, K ^a   Stoltenburg Didinger, G ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPSY; EYE CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOCEREBRAL LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; VITRECTOMY;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLONE CELLS; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 12944306867     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.047001     Document Type: Letter

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