t(14;18)-negative follicular lymphomas are associated with a high frequency of BCL6 rearrangement at the alternative breakpoint region

Modern Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1251-1257

  Gu, Keni ^a   Fu, Kai ^a   Jain, Smrati ^a   Liu, Zhongfen ^a   Iqbal, Javeed ^a   Li, Min ^a   Sanger, Warren G ^a   Weisenburger, Dennis D ^a   Greiner, Timothy C ^a   Aoun, Patricia ^a   Dave, Bhavana J ^a,c   Chan, Wing C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative breakpoint region; BCL6 rearrangement; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Follicular lymphoma; Major breakpoint region; t(14; 18)

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 69549107662     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2009.81     Document Type: Article

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