The secret lives of monoclonal B cells

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 722-723

  Vogt Jr , Robert F ^a   Kyle, Robert A ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; BLOOD; CELL CLONE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NOTE;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; TUMOR MARKER;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 60549093225     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0810453     Document Type: Editorial

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