Immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor gene rearrangements: Minding your B's and T's in assessing lineage and clonality in neoplastic lymphoproliferative disorders

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 426-429

  Bagg, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CLONAL VARIATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; NOTE; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 33748587825     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2006.060108     Document Type: Note

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