The significance of multiplex PCR/heteroduplex analysis-based TCR-γ gene rearrangement combined with laser-capture microdissection in the diagnosis of early mycosis fungoides

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-346

  Yang, Hanjun ^a   Xu, Chen ^b   Tang, Yuan ^a   Wan, Chuan ^c   Liu, Weiping ^a   Wang, Lin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Dermatovenerology   (China)

^c Dermatology Hospital of Jiangxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

cutaneous lymphoma; laser capture microdissection; mycosis fungoides; T cell receptor rearrangement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICRODISSECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; SKIN TUMOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR GAMMA; HUMANS; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857480435     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2011.01842.x     Document Type: Article

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