A comparative study of flow cytometric T cell receptor Vβ repertoire and T cell receptor gene rearrangement in the diagnosis of large granular lymphocytic lymphoproliferation

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 501-509

  Hsieh, Y C ^a,b   Chang, S T ^a,c   Huang, W T ^a   Kuo, S Y ^a   Chiang, T A ^b   Chuang, S S ^a,d  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAINAN INSTITUTE OF NURSING   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Immunophenotyping; Large granular lymphocyte; Large granular lymphocytic leukemia; Lymphoproliferation; T cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia; T cell receptor V repertoire; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MONONUCLEOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATION; T CELL LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; T CELL RECEPTOR VΒ REPERTOIRE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884984723     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.12041     Document Type: Article

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