Unmutated Ig V(H) genes are associated with a more aggressive form of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Blood

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1848-1854

  Hamblin, Terry J ^a   Davis, Zadie ^b   Gardiner, Anne ^b   Oscier, David G ^b   Stevenson, Freda K ^b  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; TRISOMY;

EID: 0033567907     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v94.6.1848     Document Type: Article

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