Bone marrow assessment in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: Aspirate or biopsy? A comparative study in 258 patients

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-116

  Montserrat, Emilio ^a,b   Villamor, Neus ^a   Reverter, Juan Carlos ^a   Brugués, Rosa María ^a   Tàssies, Dolors ^a   Bosch, Francesc ^a   Aguilar, Josep Lluís ^a   Vives Corrons, Joan Lluis ^a   Rozman, Maria ^a   Rozma, Ciril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

B cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; bone marrow histological patterns; bone marrow infiltration; natural history; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B CELL LEUKEMIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL, CHRONIC; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 9244241476     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.449988.x     Document Type: Article

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