Richter's syndrome in a case of atypical chronic lymphocytic leukaemia with the t(11;14)(q13;q32): Role for a p53 exon 7 gene mutation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 375-381

  Cuneo, Antonio ^a   De Angeli, Cristiano ^a   Roberti, Maria Grazia ^a   Piva, Nadia ^a   Bigoni, Renato ^a   Gandini, Domenica ^a   Rigolin, Gian Matteo ^a   Moretti, Sabrina ^a   Cavazzini, Pierluigi ^a   Del Senno, Laura ^a   Castoldi, Gianluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atypical CLL; p53 gene mutation; Richter's syndrome; t(11; 14)

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 9044234011     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1505.x     Document Type: Article

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