History of the European Association for Haematopathology

PREFACE

FOREWORD

CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION

2 CLASSIFICATION OF MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS

2.1 1958- 1971

2.2 THE WHO CLASSIFICATION I ( 1968– 1976)

2.3 LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION AND THE B- CELL AND T- CELL SYSTEMS. INITIAL IMMUNOCHEMICAL STUDIES, 1971– 1972

2.4 THE KIEL LYMPHOMA STUDY GROUP

2.5 1972– 1973

2.6 PRELUDE TO EUROPEAN COOPERATION, 1973

2.7 THE EUROPEAN LYMPHOMA CLUB ( ELC)

2.8 THE KIEL CLASSIFICATION, 1974

2.9 PRESENTATION OF THE KIEL CLASSIFICATION, 1974– 1980

2.10 OTHER MEANS OF DISSEMINATION OF THE KIEL CLASSIFICATION

2.11 CLINICAL RELEVANCE OF THE KIEL CLASSIFICATION

2.12 GENETIC AND MOLECULAR GENETIC STUDIES

2.13 A SIDELINE: GASTROINTESTINAL LYMPHOMAS IN TUNISIA, 11– 15 DECEMBER 1978

2.14 ATTEMPTS TO AGREE ON A UNIVERSAL CLASSIFICATION OF MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA, 1974– 1982

2.15 COMPARISON OF THE LUKES- COLLINS CLASSIFICATION AND THE KIEL CLASSIFICATION

2.16 ACCEPTANCE OF THE KIEL CLASSIFICATION, 1981– 1987

2.17 FOUNDING OF THE EUROPEAN LYMPHOMA STUDY GROUP

3 FOUNDING OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR HAEMATOPATHOLOGY

3.1 PRELUDE, 1986– 1988

3.2 GENEVA, 11– 15 APRIL 1988

3.3 PORTO, PORTUGAL, 6– 7 SEPTEMBER 1989

4 EPILOGUE, 1989– 2004

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