Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in a Bilateral Orbital Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1162-1163

  Shen, Defen ^a   Yuen, Hunter K L ^b   Galita, Dan A ^a   Chan, Nongnart R ^b   Chan, Chi Chao ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLORAMBUCIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDNISONE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744815947     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.01.067     Document Type: Article

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