A rare case of the cutaneous form of adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma: Assessment of remission by PCR for clonal T-cell receptor γ gene rearrangements in an electron beam-irradiated cutaneous lesion

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-42

  Suga, M ^a   Yamaguchi, M ^a   Ichimiya, M ^a   Yoshikawa, Y ^a   Hamamoto, Y ^a   Muto, M ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 13244291428     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01641.x     Document Type: Article

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