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ArticleThe Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD2002

T cell receptor gamma-chain gene polymerase chain reaction to diagnose central nervous system involvement by cutaneous T cell lymphoma.

Robert Taylor, Jo-Anne Vergilio, Michael Shapiro, David Raizen, Jennifer Hunt, Cindy McGrath, Alain Rook, Adam Bagg

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Article in The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert TaylorDepartment of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. rat@mail.med.upenn.edu
Jo-Anne Vergilio
Michael Shapiro
David Raizen
Jennifer Hunt
Cindy McGrath
Alain Rook
Adam Bagg
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The authors describe a patient who was suspected of having cutaneous T cell lymphoma involvement of the brain despite repeatedly negative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology, inconclusive flow cytometry, and no discrete lesion for brain biopsy. The diagnosis was made by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis that showed a monoclonal T cell receptor gamma-chain gene rearrangement in the CSF, identically sized to that present in a skin biopsy specimen. Thus, PCR could be used early and routinely to diagnose central nervous system spread of T cell lymphomas, because of its potentially superior sensitivity and specificity to CSF cytology.

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AgedBiopsyBrain NeoplasmsCytological TechniquesFemaleGene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen ReceptorHumansLymphoma, T-Cell, CutaneousPolymerase Chain ReactionSkinSkin Neoplasms

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PMID11986404
PMCPMC1906993
OpenAlexW1971377876

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