Diagnostic issues in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Haematology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-20

  Matutes, Estella ^a   Attygalle, Ayoma ^a   Wotherspoon, Andrew ^a   Catovsky, Daniel ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical; CLL; Diagnosis; FISH; Histology; Immunophenotype; MBL

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ATM PROTEIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD200 ANTIGEN; CD22 ANTIGEN; CD23 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CYCLIN D; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; LEUKOSIALIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70; PROTEIN P53; RITUXIMAB;

B CELL LEUKEMIA; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOMA; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOCLONAL B CELL LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; REVIEW; SMALL LYMPHOCYTIC LYMPHOMA; SPLENIC MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA; T CELL LEUKEMIA; TRISOMY 12; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL;

EID: 77956620535     PISSN: 15216926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beha.2010.01.001     Document Type: Review

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