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Table 3 PCR EBV detection in bone marrow of NHL patients according to infiltration status in RISH- and PCR -positive and negative cases

From: Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) detection and typing by PCR: a contribution to diagnostic screening of EBV-positive Burkitt's lymphoma

Patient N°

Morphology BM

Clonality* BM

EBER-ISH Tumour

EBV-PCR Tumour

EBV-PCR BM

19

Infiltrated

+

+

+

+

28

Infiltrated

-†

N

N

N

34

Not Infiltrated

N

N

N

N

36

Not Infiltrated

N

+

+

N

37

Not Infiltrated

+

+

+

+

38

Not Infiltrated

N

+

+

N

42

Not Infiltrated

N

+

+

N

43

Not Infiltrated

N

ND

N

N

44

Not Infiltrated

N

ND

N

N

  1. * Monoclonal markers were identified by FR3/JH and FR2/JH amplifications, sensitivity 1–2 × 10-3; † case lacking clonal marker; BM, bone marrow; N, negative; ND, not done.
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Diagnostic Pathology

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