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Clonality and phenotyping of canine lymphomas before chemotherapy and during remission using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on lymph node cytologic smears and peripheral blood.
The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne - 1 Jan 2010
Thilakaratne Dilini N, Mayer Monique N, MacDonald Valerie S, Jackson Marion L, Trask Brenda R, Kidney Beverly A
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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for the immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor genes were utilized to determine phenotype and clonality from lymph node cytologic smears and peripheral blood lymphocytes from 10 dogs with lymphoma, before chemotherapy and during remission. Results were compared with those from 13 dogs with a cytologic diagnosis of lymph node hyperplasia. Clonality was identified in 7 of the...
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