IGHD3-3 fails to behave as unfavourable prognostic marker in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-302

  Bomben, Riccardo ^a   Dal Bo, Michele ^a   Capello, Daniela ^b   Forconi, Francesco ^c   Bertoni, Francesco ^d   Maffei, Rossana ^e   Laurenti, Luca ^f   Rossi, Davide ^b   Zucca, Emanuele ^d   Degan, Massimo ^a   Marasca, Roberto ^e   Efremov, Dimitar G ^h   Del Poeta, Giovanni ^g   Gaidano, Gianluca ^b   Gattei, Valter ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^h ICGEB Outstation Monterotondo   (Italy)

Author keywords

CLL; IGHD3 3; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IGHD3 3 GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949805993     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.08046.x     Document Type: Letter

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