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- Title
Clinical and prognostic significance of the T-B immunological classification of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
- Authors
Ogasawara, Hiroshi; Fujitani, Tetsuzo; Mizojiri, Gentaro; Hattori, Hiroshi; Ogasawara, H; Fujitani, T; Mizojiri, G; Hattori, H
- Abstract
This study was made to test the clinical significance and the prognostic value of the T-B immunological classification of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Thirty-four patients with adult diffuse lymphomas were studied. Nine patients with T-cell lymphomas and three patients with non-T and non-B lymphomas had poor immunity and poor prognosis. Fifteen patients with B-cell lymphomas have been found to be associated with a prognosis of intermediate range between that of T-cell lymphomas and undetermined lymphomas. Seven patients with undetermined lymphomas, which were considered to have lost surface markers of B-cells, had the best prognosis. Thus the T-B immunological classification of this disorder appears to be essential for clinicians, and provides a basis for proper differentiation of treatment for different groups.
- Subjects
B cells; IMMUNOLOGY technique; PROGNOSIS; FLUORESCENT antibody technique; LEUKOCYTE count; LYMPHOMAS; T cells
- Publication
Laryngoscope, 1981, Vol 91, Issue 1, p125
- ISSN
0023-852X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1288/00005537-198101000-00019