Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A changing natural history?

Leukemia

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 775-778

  Rozman, C ^a,b   Bosch, F ^a   Montserrat, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Life expectancy; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030914793     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400679     Document Type: Article

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