Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Cinderella is becoming a star

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 67-69

  Caligaris Cappio, Federico ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY;

AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MORPHOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS; AUTOANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL;

EID: 64549161059     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2008.00126     Document Type: Note

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