Association of t(14;18) translocation with HCV infection in gastrointestinal MALT lymphomas

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-174

  Libra, Massimo ^a   Gloghini, Annunziata ^b   Malaponte, Grazia ^a   Gangemi, Pietro ^c   De Re, Valli ^d   Cacopardo, Bruno ^a   Spandidos, Demetrios A ^e   Nicoletti, Ferdinando ^a   Stivala, Franca ^a   Zignego, Anna Linda ^f   Carbone, Antonino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele II   (Italy)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCV; Hepatitis C virus; MALT lymphoma; t(14; 18) (IgH; Bcl 2)

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GENES, BCL-2; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL, MARGINAL ZONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 46149120101     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.03.031     Document Type: Article

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