Novel lymphoid neoplasms - The borderland between diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and Burkitt's lymphoma

Haematologica

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 894-896

  De Jong, Daphne ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CELL LYMPHOMA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MODELS, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650708100     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2009.008128     Document Type: Editorial

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