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Autoimmune cytopenias in chronic lymphocytic leukemia at disease presentation in the modern treatment era: is stage C always stage C?
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Jun 2014
Visco Carlo, Cortelezzi Agostino, Moretta Francesca, Falisi Erika, Maura Francesco, Finotto Silvia, Barcellini Wilma, Ambrosetti Achille, Neri Antonino, Ruggeri Marco, Rodeghiero Francesco
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Abstract Anemia and thrombocytopenia at chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) presentation have long been considered to be predictive of a poor prognosis, irrespective of the cause of cytopenia, yielding an advanced stage of the disease. We identified 86 patients with CLL who were diagnosed after year 2000 with Binet C disease at first presentation. Cytopenia was considered related to autoimmune conditions in 27...
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