The authors reply

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2066-

  Rawstron, Andy C ^a   Hillmen, Peter ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 57349173175     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc081834     Document Type: Letter

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2. Ghia P, Prato G, Scielzo C, et al. Monoclonal CD5+ and CD5- B-lymphocyte expansions are frequent in the peripheral blood of the elderly. Blood 2004;103:2337-42.