Article
Comparison of primer sets for T-cell clonality testing in canine intestinal lymphoma.
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc - 1 Sept 2015
Takanosu Masamine, Kagawa Yumiko
Abstract excerpt
Clonality testing based on polymerase chain reaction is an important tool for diagnosis of lymphoproliferative diseases. Many primers have been designed and used for canine clonality testing. Canine intestinal lymphoma is usually diagnosed pathologically by examination of excised intestinal or endoscopic biopsy tissues, and clonality testing is sometimes used to support the pathological diagnosis if this...
Topics
- Animals
- Biopsy
- DNA Primers
- Dog Diseases
- Dogs
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Testing
- Lymphoma
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Predictive Value of Tests
- T-Lymphocytes
