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Immunogenetic factors determining the evolution of T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukaemia and associated cytopenias.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jan 2007
Nearman Zachary P, Wlodarski Marcin, Jankowska Anna M, Howe Evan, Narvaez Yadira, Ball Edward, Maciejewski Jaroslaw P
Abstract excerpt
T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukaemia (T-LGL) is a chronic clonal proliferation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). T-LGL presents with cytopenias, often accompanied by autoimmune diseases, suggesting clonal transformation arising from an initially polyclonal immune response. Various immunogenetic predisposition factors, previously described for both immune-mediated bone marrow failure and autoimmune...
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