Article
Diagnostic value of T-cell receptor beta gene rearrangement analysis on peripheral blood lymphocytes of patients with erythroderma.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Nov 1991
Bakels V, van Oostveen J W, Gordijn R L, Walboomers J M, Meijer C J, Willemze R
Abstract excerpt
Differentiation between Sézary's syndrome (SS) and benign forms of erythroderma may be extremely difficult. In this study T-cell receptor beta (TCR beta) gene rearrangement analysis was performed on peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from 32 patients with erythroderma, including 10 patients with...
Topics
- Blotting, Southern
- Dermatitis, Exfoliative
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping