Chronic cold agglutinin disease of the 'idiopathic' type is a premalignant or low-grade malignant lymphoproliferative disease

APMIS

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 354-362

  Berentsen, Sigbjørn ^a,c   Bø, Kristine ^a   Shammas, Fuad Victor ^b   Myking, Andreas O ^a   Ulvestad, Elling ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c HAUGESUND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clonal; Cold agglutinin disease; Haemolytic anaemia; Immunophenotyping; Lymphoproliferative

Indexed keywords

COLD AGGLUTININ;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030916243     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1997.tb00581.x     Document Type: Article

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