Clonality analysis and mutational status of IgVH gene in Hodgkin variant of Richter syndrome

Chinese Journal of Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 523-528

  Mao, Zheng Rong ^a   Rosenwald, Andreas ^b   Zhang, Suo Jiang ^c   Zhou, Ren ^c   Mueller Hermelink, Hans Konrad ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Gene rearrangement,B lymphocyte, heavy chain; Immunophenotyping; Leukemia,lymphocytic,chronic; Lymphoma; Mutation

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70; PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; IGVH GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; LYMPHOMA; MOLECULAR CLONING; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REED STERNBERG CELL; RICHTER SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLONE CELLS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; REED-STERNBERG CELLS; SYNDROME;

EID: 53649090352     PISSN: 05295807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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