Detection of clonal rearrangement of T-cell receptor genes in the diagnosis of primary cutaneous CD30+ lymphoproliferative disorders

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 711-715

  Greisser, Johannes ^a   Palmedo, Gabriele ^b   Sander, Christian ^c   Kutzner, Heinz ^b   Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a   Roos, Malgorzata ^d   Burg, Günter ^a   Kempf, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD30 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMATOID PAPULOSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LYMPHOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD30; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; LYMPHOMATOID PAPULOSIS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SKIN DISEASES, GENETIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750728988     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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