Immunoglobulin heavy chain diversity genes rearrangement pattern indicates that MALT-type gastric lymphoma B cells have undergone an antigen selection process

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 830-836

  Bertoni, Francesco ^a   Cazzaniga, Giovanni ^b   Bosshard, Giovanna ^a   Roggero, Enrico ^a   Barbazza, Renzo ^c   De Boni, Michele ^c   Capella, Carlo ^d   Pedrinis, Ennio ^e   Cavalli, Franco ^a   Biondi, Andrea ^b   Zucca, Emanuele ^a  

^a OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civile Novara   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Multizonale Varese   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antigen selection; CDR3; Gastric MALT lymphoma; Helicobacter pylori; Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH LYMPHOMA;

EID: 8544282401     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.1392954.x     Document Type: Article

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