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Blastic variant of mantle cell lymphoma shows a heterogenous pattern of somatic mutations of the rearranged immunoglobulin heavy chain variable genes.
British journal of haematology - 1 Sept 1998
Pittaluga S, Tierens A, Pinyol M, Campo E, Delabie J, De Wolf-Peeters C
Abstract excerpt
Mantle cell lymphoma is a distinct clinicopathological entity associated with t(11;14) and cyclin D1 overexpression. The majority of cases show uniform morphological and phenotypic features characterized by a monotonous proliferation of small-to-medium-sized irregular B cells that express CD5 and bright surface immunoglobulin IgM and IgD. By sequence analysis of the rearranged immunoglobulin heavy chain variable...
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