Article
A variant form of hairy cell leukemia resistant to alpha-interferon: clinical and phenotypic characteristics of 17 patients.
Blood - 1 Jul 1990
Sainati L, Matutes E, Mulligan S, de Oliveira M P, Rani S, Lampert I A, Catovsky D
Abstract excerpt
We describe the clinical and laboratory features of 17 adult patients with a variant form of hairy cell leukemia (HCL-V) studied over the last 7 years. The main findings were: splenomegaly, moderate anemia, thrombocytopenia, and a raised white blood cell count (median 116 x 10(9)/L; range 15 to 4...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Drug Resistance
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Interferon Type I
- Leukemia, B-Cell
- Leukemia, Hairy Cell
- Leukemia, Prolymphocytic
- Lymphoma
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Splenic Neoplasms
