Monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL) in CLL families: Substantial increase in relative risk for young adults [3]

Leukemia

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 728-729

  de Tute, R ^a   Yuille, M ^b   Catovsky, D ^c   Houlston, R S ^c   Hillmen, P ^a   Rawstron, Andy C ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research (RFCGR)   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 33646470587     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404116     Document Type: Letter

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