title: Molecular genetic basis of the diagnosis of hematopoietic neoplasms.
abstract: New discoveries regarding the molecular genetic basis of lymphoma have begun to shape a model of lymphomagenesis that affords investigators an opportunity to measure the clinical effects of specific altered genes in a major form of human cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cossman
mesh_terms: D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D015329:Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014178:Translocation, Genetic