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Immunobiology of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Hematology/oncology clinics of North America - 1 Apr 1990
Freedman A S
Abstract excerpt
The majority of CLLs are of B lineage derivation with about 5 per cent of cases of T lineage. Although morphologically resembling the small peripheral blood B cell, by virtue of the expression of B cell restricted and associated cell surface antigens, B-CLLs are not the neoplastic counterparts of normal resting B cells. Similar to the peripheral blood B cell, B-CLLs express CD19, CD20, CD21, CD24, CD40, CD44,...
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