NK-cell lymphomas and leukemias: A spectrum of tumors with variable manifestations and immunophenotype

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 860-868

  Hasserjian, Robert P ^a   Harris, Nancy Lee ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Leukemia; Lymphoma; Natural killer cell; T cell

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VIRUS RNA;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EXTRANODAL NATURAL KILLER T CELL LYMPHOMA NASAL TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LYMPHOMA; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; RNA, VIRAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34250635476     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/2F39NX1AL3L54WU8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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