[Chronic lymphoid leukemia: a single disease or 2 distinct diseases?].

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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) most commonly arises from a malignant clone of B cells with a characteristic phenotype, an autoreactive activity and an increased resistance to apoptosis. It is far from uniform in presentation and clinical course. About one-third of patients never require treatment and have a long survival; in another third an initial indolent phase is followed by progression of the disease;...

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