TCRγ-chain gene rearrangement by genescan: Incidence and significance of clonal heterogeneity in sézary syndrome

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2312-2319

  Fierro, Maria T ^a   Ponti, Renata ^a   Titli, Stefano ^a   Bonello, Lisa ^a   Comessatti, Alessandra ^a   Novelli, Mauro ^a   Fava, Paolo ^a   Di Celle, Paola Francia ^b   Quaglino, Pietro ^a   Bernengo, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEZARY SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SEZARY SYNDROME;

EID: 77955714564     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.97     Document Type: Article

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