The frequency of dual TCR-PCR clonality in granulomatous disorders

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 704-709

  Dabiri, Salma ^a   Morales, Anjali ^b   Ma, Lisa ^a   Sundram, Uma ^a,b   Kim, Youn H ^b   Arber, Daniel A ^a   Kim, Jinah ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

clonality analysis; cutaneous lymphoma; cutaneous T cell lymphoma; molecular pathology; mycosis fungoides

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TUMOR; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 79960837469     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2011.01727.x     Document Type: Article

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