An increased number of individuals with clinically recognized monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis characterizes a recent database of chronic lymphocytic leukemia Rai stage 0

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-151

  Molica, S ^a   Gentile, M ^b   Mauro, F R ^c   Brugiatelli, M ^e   Federico, M ^f   Sperduti, I ^d   Neri, A ^g   Ferrarini, M ^h   Foa R ^c   Morabito, F ^b  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera di Catanzaro   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Annunziata di Cosenza   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e Azienda Ospedaliera Papardo   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; CD19 ANTIBODY; CD5 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84855870470     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: 14219662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333621     Document Type: Article

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