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Genetic lesions associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia transformation to Richter syndrome.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 21 Oct 2013
Fabbri Giulia, Khiabanian Hossein, Holmes Antony B, Wang Jiguang, Messina Monica, Mullighan Charles G, Pasqualucci Laura, Rabadan Raul, Dalla-Favera Riccardo
Abstract excerpt
Richter syndrome (RS) derives from the rare transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) into an aggressive lymphoma, most commonly of the diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) type. The molecular pathogenesis of RS is only partially understood. By combining whole-exome sequencing and copy-number analysis of 9 CLL-RS pairs and of an extended panel of 43 RS cases, we show that this aggressive disease...
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