Autoreactive B cell clones in marginal-zone B cell lymphoma (MALT lymphoma) of the stomach
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The gastric marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of MALT type.
Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma is a discrete clinicopathological entity arising in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) that has commanded increasing attention in recent years because of its unique pathogenetic, histologic, and clinical features.1-3 Two types of MALT can be identified in disparate organs that do not correspond to peripheral sites of the immune system. The native t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Leukemia
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0887-6924,1476-5551
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400908