EuroClonality/BIOMED-2 guidelines for interpretation and reporting of Ig/TCR clonality testing in suspected lymphoproliferations

Leukemia

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2159-2171

  Langerak, A W ^a   Groenen, P J T A ^b   Bruggemann M ^c   Beldjord, K ^d   Bellan, C ^e   Bonello, L ^f   Boone, E ^g   Carter, G I ^h   Catherwood, M ⁱ   Davi, F ^j   Delfau Larue, M H ^k   Diss, T ^l   Evans, P A S ^m   Gameiro, P ⁿ   Garcia Sanz, R ^o   Gonzalez, D ^p   Grand, D ^q   Hakansson A ^r   Hummel, M ^s   Liu, H ^t   Lombardia, L ^u   MacIntyre, E A ^v   Milner, B J ^w   Montes Moreno, S ^x   Schuuring, E ^y   Spaargaren, M ^z   Hodges, E ^aa   Van Dongen, J J M ^a   more..

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

^h NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^k HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^l ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^m ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

^o HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^p INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^q CHU PURPAN   (France)

^r UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^s CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^t CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^u Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

^v HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^w ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^x HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^y UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^z ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^aa UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Clonality; Guideline; Immunoglobulin; Lymphoid malignancies; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONSENSUS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBRARY SCIENCE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VALIDITY;

DNA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 84867405564     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/leu.2012.246     Document Type: Review

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