Annals of Oncology 14:1153-1154, 2003
© 2003 European Society for Medical Oncology
Letters to the Editor |
Autoantibodies in gastric MALT-type lymphoma
Instituts für 1 Pathologie, 2 Immunbiologie, 3 Medizinische Poliklinik, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg; 4 Innere Medizin, Klinikum Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany
*E-mail: matth.eck@gmx.de
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The significance of underlying autoimmune diseases in gastric MALT-type lymphoma is a matter of debate. Recently, Raderer et al. [1] reported an impaired response of gastric low-grade MALT-type lymphoma to Helicobacter pylori eradication in a small collective of patients suffering from autoimmune diseases.
Stimulated by this study we