High frequency of t(14;18) translocation in Sjögren's syndrome: Comment on the article by Gellrich et al

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 951-952

  Semsei, Imre ^a   Zeher, Margit ^a   Takács, István ^a   Urbán, László ^a   Szegedi, Gyula ^a   Bachmann, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; GENE TRANSLOCATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LETTER; LYMPHOMA; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SOMATIC MUTATION;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; HUMANS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 85047687417     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200004)43:4<951::aid-anr38>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Letter

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