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Morphologic, immunologic and genetic features of follicular lymphoma, and the problem of grading

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Human Lymphoma: Clinical Implications of the REAL Classification

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Abstract

Follicular lymphoma is the commonest category of lymphoma in Western countries. It is referred to in the REAL classification as follicle center lymphoma, because it is composed of cells normally found in germinal centers, that is to say, both centrocytes and centroblasts. Also we require for the diagnosis a growth pattern which is (at least partially) follicular.

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  1. John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    David Y. Mason (Professor of Cellular Pathology) (Professor of Cellular Pathology)

  2. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Nancy Lee Harris M.D. (Professor of Pathology, Director of Anatomic Pathology) (Professor of Pathology, Director of Anatomic Pathology)

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Harris, N.L. (1999). Morphologic, immunologic and genetic features of follicular lymphoma, and the problem of grading. In: Mason, D.Y., Harris, N.L. (eds) Human Lymphoma: Clinical Implications of the REAL Classification. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0857-3_12

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