South Asian chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients have more rapid disease progression in comparison to White patients

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 606-609

  Gunawardana, Chaminda ^a   Austen, Belinda ^a,b,g   Powell, Judith E ^a   Fegan, Christopher ^c,d   Wandroo, Farooq ^e   Jacobs, Abe ^f   Pratt, Guy ^a,c   Moss, Paul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^e SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Ethnicity; Immunoglobulin; Outcome; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BANGLADESH; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAKISTAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOUTH ASIA; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD38; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 47649095277     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07226.x     Document Type: Article

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