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Clinical features of patients with nodal marginal zone lymphoma compared to follicular lymphoma: similar presentation, but differences in prognostic factors and rate of transformation.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Jul 2016
van den Brand Michiel, van der Velden Walter J F M, Diets Illja J, Ector Geneviève I C G, de Haan Anton F J, Stevens Wendy B C, Hebeda Konnie M, Groenen Patricia J T A, van Krieken Han J M
Abstract excerpt
Nodal marginal zone lymphoma (NMZL) is a rare type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. This study assessed the clinical features of 56 patients with NMZL in comparison to 46 patients with follicular lymphoma (FL). Patients with NMZL and FL had a largely similar clinical presentation, but patients with FL had a higher disease stage at presentation, more frequent abdominal lymphadenopathy and bone marrow involvement,...
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