A practical approach to diagnostic Ig/TCR clonality evaluation in clinical pathology

Journal of Hematopathology

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 17-25

  Groenen, Patricia J T A ^a   van Raaij, Annemiek ^a   van Altena, Margarethe C ^a   Rombout, Paul M ^a   van Krieken, J M Han ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aberrant TCRG JJ rearrangement; Clonality pattern evaluation; GeneScan; Ig TCR clonality interpretation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890251644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18655785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12308-011-0131-7     Document Type: Review

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