Primary follicular lymphoma of the testis and epididymis in adults

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1050-1058

  Bacon, Chris M ^a   Ye, Hongtao ^a   Diss, Timothy C ^b   McNamara, Christopher ^c   Kueck, Brian ^e   Hasserjian, Robert P ^f   Rohatiner, Ama Z S ^d   Ferry, Judith ^f   Du, Ming Qing ^a   Dogan, Ahmet ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Waukesha Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Epididymis; Follicular lymphoma; Testis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL 6;

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; FOLLOW UP; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 34347326164     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31802ee4ab     Document Type: Article

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