Fine-needle aspiration biopsy findings in patients with small lymphocytic lymphoma transformed to Hodgkin lymphoma

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 571-578

  Reading, F Catrina ^a   Schlette, Ellen J ^a   Stewart, John M ^a   Keating, Michael J ^a   Katz, Ruth L ^a   Caraway, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Fine needle aspiration; Small lymphocytic lymphoma; Transformed Hodgkin lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOCYTOMA; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOMA, SMALL LYMPHOCYTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 35348913735     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/CR7ACX044VXET3CD     Document Type: Article

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