Richter syndrome first manifesting as cutaneous B-cell lymphoma donally distinct from primary B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 833-837

  Robak, E ^a   Gora Tybor J ^a,b   Kordek, R ^a,b   Wawrzyniak, E ^a,b   Bartkowiak, J ^a   Bednarek, A ^a   Constantinou, M ^a   Kaluzewski B ^a   Robak, Tadeusz ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Cutaneous diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Leukaemia cutis; Richter syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN P53; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLONAL VARIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; NASAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICHTER SYNDROME;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL, CHRONIC; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PREDNISONE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; TUMOR STEM CELLS; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 26244442883     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06805.x     Document Type: Article

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