Chromosomal translocations involving BCL6 in MALT lymphoma

Haematologica

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 145-146

  Ye, Hongtao ^a   Remstein, Ellen D ^b   Bacon, Chris M ^a   Nicholson, Andrew G ^c   Dogan, Ahmet ^b   Du, Ming Qing ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 6;

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL, MARGINAL ZONE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 38549130814     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.11927     Document Type: Article

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