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Analysis of expressed immunoglobulin heavy chain genes in familial B-CLL.
Blood - 15 Feb 2000
Sakai A, Marti G E, Caporaso N, Pittaluga S, Touchman J W, Fend F, Raffeld M
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we wished to determine whether familial chronic lymphocytic leukemia of B-cell phenotype (CLL) shares with sporadic B-CLL the same immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy chain variable region (VH) gene usage and occurrence of somatic mutation, to gain insight into the pathogenetic relatedness of these epidemiologically distinct forms of CLL. We therefore analyzed the expressed Ig heavy chain genes in 23 cases...
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