Follicular T-cell lymphoma: A member of an emerging family of follicular helper T-cell derived T-cell lymphomas

Human Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1789-1798

  Hu, Shimin ^a   Young, Ken H ^a   Konoplev, Sergej N ^a   Medeiros, L Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicular helper T cells; Follicular T cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BONE MARROW; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; CYTOLOGY; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; FOLLICULAR T CELL LYMPHOMA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HELPER CELL; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABNORMAL KARYOTYPE; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, PERIPHERAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84867847514     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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