Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma: Detection of BCL2 gene rearrangements by PCR analysis and FISH

Journal of Hematopathology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-84

  Dunphy, Cherie H ^a   O'Malley, Dennis P ^b   Cheng, Liang ^b   Fodrie, Tina Y ^b   Perkins, Sherrie L ^c   Kaiser Rogers, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

BCL2 gene; PCR and FISH analysis; Primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549271249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18655785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12308-008-0007-7     Document Type: Article

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