Monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis in blood donors

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 832-836

  Rachel, Jane M ^a   Zucker, Marjorie L ^a   Fox, Christopher M ^a   Plapp, Fred V ^a   Menitove, Jay E ^b   Abbasi, Fatima ^c   Marti, Gerald E ^c  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of New York Blood Center Enterprises   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

B cells; Blood donors; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Flow cytometry; Monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MONOCLONAL B CELL LYMPHOCYTOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148959765     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06870.x     Document Type: Article

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