Prognostic value of bone marrow involvement by clonal immunoglobulin gene rearrangements in follicular lymphoma

Ellen Berget, Lars Helgeland, Knut Liseth, Turid Løkeland, Anders Molven, Olav Karsten Vintermyr

Journal of Clinical Pathology · 2014 · 17 citations · 36 references

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Abstract

Our results showed that routine use of PCR-based clonality analysis significantly improved the prognostic impact of BM staging in patients with FL. BM involvement by PCR was also an independent adverse prognostic factor.

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