In angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, neoplastic T cells may be a minor cell population. A molecular single-cell and immunohistochemical study

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 446, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-20

  Willenbrock, Klaus ^a   Renné, Christoph ^a   Gaulard, Philippe ^b   Hansmann, Martin Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

AILD; B cells; Clonality; Single cell PCR; T cells

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONING; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAINING; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, CD20; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLASTIC LYMPHADENOPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3D; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 13144252214     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1114-1     Document Type: Article

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