Molecular analysis of human immunoglobulin heavy chain variable genes (IgVH) in normal and malignant B cells

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H K Müller-Hermelink et al. Am J Pathol. 1998 Nov.

. 1998 Nov;153(5):1341-6.

doi: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65718-5.

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Immunoglobulin VH gene mutational analysis suggests that primary effusion lymphomas derive from different stages of B cell maturation.
Matolcsy A, Nádor RG, Cesarman E, Knowles DM. Matolcsy A, et al. Am J Pathol. 1998 Nov;153(5):1609-14. doi: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65749-5. Am J Pathol. 1998. PMID: 9811353 Free PMC article.

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