The prognosis of clinical monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis differs from prognosis of Rai 0 chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and is recapitulated by biological risk factors

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-75

  Rossi, Davide ^a   Sozzi, Elisa ^b   Puma, Alessia ^a   De Paoli, Lorenzo ^a   Rasi, Silvia ^a   Spina, Valeria ^a   Gozzetti, Alessandro ^b   Tassi, Maristella ^b   Cencini, Emanuele ^b   Raspadori, Donatella ^b   Pinto, Valeria ^a   Bertoni, Francesco ^c   Gattei, Valter ^d   Lauria, Francesco ^b   Gaidano, Gianluca ^a   Forconi, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; FISH karyotype; Immunoglobulin genes; Monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFECTION RISK; KARYOTYPE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCLONAL B CELL LYMPHOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AGED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, P53; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 66949168111     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07711.x     Document Type: Article

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