FISH is better than BIOMED-2 PCR to detect IgH/BCL2 translocation in follicular lymphoma at diagnosis using paraffin-embedded tissue sections

Leukemia Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 737-742

  Espinet, Blanca ^a   Bellosillo, Beatriz ^a   Melero, Carme ^a   Vela, M Carmen ^a   Pedro, Carmen ^a   Salido, Marta ^a   Pijuan, Lara ^a   Florensa, Lourdes ^a   Besses, Carles ^a   Serrano, Sergi ^a   Solé, Francesc ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

BIOMED 2; FISH; Follicular lymphoma; IgH BCL2; PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 40049084326     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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