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Aberrant NK cell associated marker (CD56 and CD57) expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Cytometry. Part B, Clinical cytometry - 1 Jan 2000
Dorwal Pranav, Mehra Simmi, Pande Amit, Jain Dharmendra, Smeeta G, Sachdev Ritesh, Raina Vimarsh
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BACKGROUND: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is one of the commonest leukemias that has been reported extensively throughout the literature. The characteristic phenotype includes co-expression of CD5 and CD23, along with dim expression of light chain and CD22/CD79b, with lack of FMC7. The immunophenotypic scoring system given by Matutes has been used to differentiate CLL from non-CLL chronic lymphoproliferative...
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