Atypical burkitt's lymphoma transforming from follicular lymphoma

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hwang, Yu Y ^a   Loong, Florence ^a   Chung, Lap P ^a   Chim, Chor S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 18; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 79960700355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-6-63     Document Type: Article

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