Different biology and clinical outcome according to the absolute numbers of clonal B-cells in monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL)

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 78, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Rawstron, Andy C ^a,b   Shanafelt, Tait ^c   Lanasa, Mark C ^d   Landgren, Ola ^e   Hanson, Curtis ^c   Orfao, Alberto ^f   Hillmen, Peter ^a,b   Ghia, Paolo ^g  

^a HMDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f CSIC   (Spain)

^g VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

B cells; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MONOCLONAL B CELL LYMPHOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CLONE CELLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS;

EID: 77956578519     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: 15524957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20533     Document Type: Review

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