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Monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
The New England journal of medicine - 7 Aug 2008
Rawstron Andy C, Bennett Fiona L, O'Connor Sheila J M, Kwok Marwan, Fenton James A L, Plummer Marieth, de Tute Ruth, Owen Roger G, Richards Stephen J, Jack Andrew S, Hillmen Peter
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) requires a count of over 5000 circulating CLL-phenotype cells per cubic millimeter. Asymptomatic persons with fewer CLL-phenotype cells have monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL). The goal of this study was to investigate the relation between MBL and CLL. METHODS: We investigated 1520 subjects who were 62 to 80 years of age with a normal blood count...
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