Contribution of immunoglobulin lambda light chain gene rearrangement analysis in the diagnosis of B-cell neoplasms.
Br J Haematol
; 185(2): 261-265, 2019 04.
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ABSTRACT
Identification of clonal IGH, IGK and IGL gene rearrangements offers diagnostic adjunct in suspected B-cell neoplasms. However, many centres omit IGL analysis as its value is uncertain. A review of 567 cases with IGH, IGK and IGL rearrangement assessed using BIOMED-2 assays showed clonal immunoglobulin gene rearrangement in 54% of cases, of which 24% had a clonal IGL rearrangement. In two cases, the clonal rearrangement was detected exclusively by IGL analysis. This finding demonstrates the added value of IGL analysis for clonality assessment, especially in suspected B-cell neoplasms in which a clonal IGH and/or IGK rearrangement is not detected or is equivocal.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Reordenamiento Génico de Cadena Ligera de Linfocito B
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Linfoma de Células B
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Cadenas lambda de Inmunoglobulina
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Genes de las Cadenas Ligeras de las Inmunoglobulinas
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Br J Haematol
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido