Increased frequency (12%) of circulating chronic lymphocytic leukemia-like B-cell clones in healthy subjects using a highly sensitive multicolor flow cytometry approach

Blood

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-37

  Nieto, Wendy G ^a   Almeida, Julia ^a   Romero, Alfonso ^b   Teodosio, Cristina ^a   López, Antonio ^a   Henriques, Ana F ^a   Sánchez, Maria Luz ^a   Jara Acevedo, María ^a   Rasillo, Ana ^a   González, Marcos ^c   Fernández Navarro, Paulino ^b   Vega, Tomás ^d   Orfao, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Sanidad de Castilla Y León   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d Dirección General de Salud Pública Y Consumo   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67651053001     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-01-197368     Document Type: Article

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