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Unmutated Ig V(H) genes are associated with a more aggressive form of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Blood - 15 Sept 1999
Hamblin T J, Davis Z, Gardiner A, Oscier D G, Stevenson F K
Abstract excerpt
Despite having several characteristics of naïve B cells, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells have been shown in some cases to have somatically mutated Ig variable region genes, indicating that the cell of origin has passed through the germinal center. A previous study of patients with CLL found an association between lack of somatic mutation and trisomy 12 and, therefore, possibly with a less favorable...
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