Geography, ethnicity and "roots" in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1142-1150

  Ruchlemer, Rosa ^a   Polliack, Aaron ^b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; CLL; Ethnicity; Geography

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; ETHNICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GEOGRAPHY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84877773837     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2012.740670     Document Type: Review

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