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Immunoglobulin gene mutation patterns and heterogeneity of marginal zone lymphoma.
Methods in molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2005
Dono Mariella, Ferrarini Manlio
Abstract excerpt
Marginal zone (MZ) or MZ-like B-cells "home" outside the follicles of peripheral lymphoid tissues. Prototypic examples of these B-cells are those that home the MZ of the spleen, although B-cells with similar phenotypic and functional features can be found in the subepithelial (SE) areas of tonsil, in the Peyer's patches, in the lymph nodes, and in the thymic medulla. MZ-like B-cells also develop in...
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