Absence of Epstein-Barr Virus in Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: A Study of 64 Cases Classified According to World Health Organization Criteria

Human Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 455-459

  Herling, Marco ^b   Rassidakis, George Z ^b   Jones, Dan ^b   Schmitt Graeff, Annette ^b   Sarris, Andreas H ^b   Medeiros, L Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma; Epstein Barr virus; T cell lymphoma; World Health Organization classification

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD79A ANTIGEN; LATENT MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CELL LINEAGE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULL CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1942453277     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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