Two patients with chronic large granular cell lymphocytosis; benign or premalignant?;Twee patienten met chronische lymfocytose van grote granulaire lymfocyten; benigne of premaligne?

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 144, Issue 27, 2000, Pages 1323-1327

  Hoffmann, J J M L ^a   Breed, W P M ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRECANCER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL, CHRONIC; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034220348     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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