Diagnosis of type II enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma should be limited to EBER- cases

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Tan, Soo Yong ^a   Nakamura, Shigeo ^b   Tan, Hwan Cheong ^a   Liu, Yan Hui ^c   Chuang, Shih Sung ^d  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL CLONING; CELL LABELING; CELL LINEAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROPATHY ASSOCIATED T CELL LYMPHOMA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TYPE II ENTEROPATHY ASSOCIATED T CELL LYMPHOMA;

ENTEROPATHY-ASSOCIATED T-CELL LYMPHOMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84867908769     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23324     Document Type: Letter

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