Chronic lymphocytic leukemia presenting with symptomatic central nervous system involvement

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 402-404

  Akintola Ogunremi, O ^a   Whitney, C ^a   Mathur, S C ^a   Finch, C N ^a,b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; CNS involvement

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CELL CLONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL, CHRONIC; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 0036942863     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-002-0475-2     Document Type: Article

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