Expanded populations of surface membrane immunoglobulin light chain-negative B cells in lymph nodes are not always indicative of B-cell lymphoma

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-150

  Zhao, Xian Feng ^a   Cherian, Sindhu ^a   Sargent, Rachel ^a   Seethala, Raja ^a   Bonner, Hugh ^a   Greenberg, Bernard ^a   Bagg, Adam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B cells; Florid follicular hyperplasia; Flow cytometry; Surface membrane immunoglobulin negative

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONAL VARIATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 21744452978     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/5R76B01VCATQLBK6     Document Type: Article

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