Assessment of TCR-β clonality in a diverse group of cutaneous T-cell infiltrates

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 358-365

  Plaza, Jose Antonio ^a   Morrison, Carl ^b   Magro, Cynthia M ^c  

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

^b Roswall Park ^*  (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANNICULITIS; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; SKIN BIOPSY;

CLONE CELLS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR; HUMANS; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; PANNICULITIS; PARAPSORIASIS; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; PURPURA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 40549087608     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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