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Similar humoral immunity parameters in chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients independent of VH gene mutation status.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Dec 2004
Sinisalo Marjatta, Aittoniemi Janne, Koski Tomi, Tobin Gerard, Thunberg Ulf, Sundström Christer, Rosenquist Richard, Käyhty Helena, Vilpo Juhani
Abstract excerpt
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a clonal B-cell disorder, which has recently been divided into 2 subtypes based on the somatic hypermutation status of the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgVH) genes. In patients with unmutated tumor cells the survival time is approximately half of that in mutated cases, but the reason for this difference is poorly understood. Since infections are the major cause of mortality in...
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