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Spontaneous regression of chronic lymphocytic leukemia to a monoclonal B-lymphocytosis or to a normal phenotype.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Aug 2013
Nakhla Peter S, Butera James N, Treaba Diana O, Castillo Jorge J, Quesenberry Peter J
Abstract excerpt
Spontaneous remission of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an unusual and poorly characterized event. We performed a search for spontaneous remission in patients with CLL. Cases must have had a pathological diagnosis of CLL with disease duration > 6 months. Spontaneous remission was defined as absence of lymphadenopathy or splenomegaly with lymphocyte counts < 5 × 10(9)/L for > 9 months without therapy. We...
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