Cryptic IGH/BCL2 rearrangements with variant FISH patterns in follicular lymphoma

Leukemia Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-259

  Baró, Cristina ^a,b   Espinet, Blanca ^a,c   Salido, Marta ^a,c   García, Mar ^a   Sánchez, Blanca ^a   Florensa, Lourdes ^a,c   Bellosillo, Beatriz ^a   Serrano, Sergi ^a   Solé, Francesc ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Del Mar University   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; FISH; Follicular lymphoma; PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME G BAND; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; GENES, BCL-2; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 78751704281     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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