Identification of a new monoclonal B-cell subset in unaffected first-degree relatives in familial chronic lymphocytic leukemia [6]

Leukemia

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2339-2341

  Aurran Schleinitz, T ^a,d   Telford, W ^b   Perfetto, S ^c   Caporaso, N ^b   Wilson, W ^b   Stetler Stevenson, M A ^b   Zenger, V E ^d   Abbasi, F ^d   Marti, G E ^d  

^a INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLONAL VARIATION; FAMILY STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION;

EID: 28544452257     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403980     Document Type: Letter

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