PCR assays detect B-lymphocyte clonality in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens of classical Hodgkin lymphoma without microdissection

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-111

  Burack, W Richard ^a   Laughlin, Todd S ^a   Friedberg, Jonathan W ^a   Spence, Janice M ^a   Rothberg, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonality; Hodgkin lymphoma; Immunoglobulin genes; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLASSICAL HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; CLONAL VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE LOCUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICRODISSECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REED STERNBERG CELL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REED-STERNBERG CELLS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 77954507388     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPK6SBE0XOODHB     Document Type: Article

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