Four aged siblings with B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Leukemia

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2060-2065

  Fernhout, F ^a   Dinkelaar, R B ^b   Hagemeijer, A ^c   Groeneveld, K ^c   Van Kammen, E ^b   Van Dongen, J J M ^c,d  

^a Department of Clinical Pharmacy   (Netherlands)

^b Drechtsteden Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

B CLL; Biclonality; CD8+ B CLL; Chromosome aberrations; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Familial leukemia; Immunoglobulin genes; Monoclonality

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CANCER GENETICS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0031450783     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400874     Document Type: Article

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