Lacunar and reed-sternberg-like cells in follicular lymphomas are clonally related to the centrocytic and centroblastic cells as demonstrated by laser capture microdissection

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 858-864

  Bayerl, Michael G ^a   Bentley, Gail ^b   Bellan, Cristiana ^c   Leoncini, Lorenzo ^c   Ehmann, W Christopher ^a   Palutke, Margarita ^b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follicular; Hodgkin; Immunoglobulin; Lymphoma; Mutation; Transformation

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD30 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LASER; MICRODISSECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REED STERNBERG CELL;

EID: 9644258537     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/PMR86PHKK4J3RUH3     Document Type: Article

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