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Table 1

From: Sensitivity of an immunoglobulin heavy chain gene polymerase chain reaction primer system for routine diagnosis of lymphomas

Lymphoma diagnosis

Detection of clonally rearranged IgH gene

B lymphoblastic lymphoma

100% (1/1)

Mantle cell lymphoma

100% (3/3)

CLL

100% (24/24)

Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma

100% (6/6)

Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma

100% (48/48)

Plasma cell myeloma

100% (1/1)

Hairy cell leukaemia

50% (1/2)

Follicular lymphoma

55% (6/11)

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

82% (9/11)

Hodgkin lymphoma

50% (1/2)