Article
Ongoing somatic mutations and clonal expansions after cure of Helicobacter pylori infection in gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue B-cell lymphoma.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Dec 1998
Thiede C, Alpen B, Morgner A, Schmidt M, Ritter M, Ehninger G, Stolte M, Bayerdörffer E, Neubauer A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Although most patients with primary gastric low-grade mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) B-cell lymphoma experience complete endoscopic and histologic remission after the cure of Helicobacter pylori infection, in many patients, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) still detects mono...
Topics
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Gastric Mucosa
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Germany
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
