Use of VH, D and JH immunoglobulin gene segments in Brazilian patients with Chronic lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 643-648

  Pimentel, Beatriz Jatobá ^a,b,c   Stefanoff, Cláudio Gustavo ^b   Moreira, Aline Santos ^b   Seuánez, Héctor N ^a,b   Zalcberg, Ilana Renault ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Immunoglobulin rearrangements; Somatic hypermutation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

EID: 55349090261     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572008000400007     Document Type: Article

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