Molecular epidemiology of follicular lymphoma in Chinese: Relationship with bcl-2/IgH translocation and bcl-6 397G/C polymorphism

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 506-509

  Au, Wing Y ^a,b   Fung, A ^a   Liang, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

bcl 2 IgHfusion; bcl 6 polymorphism; Chinese; Follicular lymphoma

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 14; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 22344446749     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-005-1028-2     Document Type: Article

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