Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT Lymphoma) in the thymus: Report of four cases

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 412-416

  Shimizu, Kimihiro ^a   Ishii, Genichiro ^a   Nagai, Kanji ^a   Yokose, Tomoyuki ^a   Ishizawa, Kenichi ^a   Tamaru, Junichi ^b   Yoshida, Junji ^a   Nishimura, Mituyo ^a   Ochiai, Atushi ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aautoimmune disease; Hyperglobulinemia; MALT lymphoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; CANCER ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; RARE DISEASE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS CYST; THYMUS LYMPHOMA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24944553775     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyi105     Document Type: Article

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