Spontaneous complete remission of cll: Report of a case studied with monoclonal antibodies

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 198-201

  Büchi, Gualtiero ^a   Termine, Giuseppe ^a   Zappalà, Cirino ^a   Girotto, Mauro ^a   Grosso, Enzo ^a   Autino, Riccardo ^a  

^a Ospedale di Ivrea   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Monoclonal antibody; Spontaneous remission

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THERAPY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; ROSETTE FORMATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0020604335     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: 14219662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000206723     Document Type: Article

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