No correlation between immunoglobulin heavy chain rearrangements and the prognosis of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-160

  Niino, Daisuke ^a   Kawano, Riko ^a   Arakawa, Fumiko ^a   Sugita, Yasuo ^a   Suefuji, Nobuko ^a   Ohshima, Koichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANGIOIMMUNOBLASTIC LYMPHADENOPATHY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLONE CELLS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLASTIC LYMPHADENOPATHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 67650754250     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2009.01268.x     Document Type: Letter

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