Monoclonal B-Cell Lymphocytosis and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
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- 7 August 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 359 (6), 575-583
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa075290
Abstract
A diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) requires a count of over 5000 circulating CLL-phenotype cells per cubic millimeter. Asymptomatic persons with fewer CLL-phenotype cells have monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL). The goal of this study was to investigate the relation between MBL and CLL.Keywords
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