Hairy cell leukemia: a chronic B-cell lymphoma with unique clinicopathological features and unresolved molecular mechanisms.

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ABSTRACT: Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a chronic B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder that is characterized by pancytopenia, splenomegaly, and hepatomegaly, resulting from the organ-specific infiltration of "hairy" leukemic cells. Despite tremendous therapeutic advances with purine analogs and interferon, approximately half of patients with HCL relapse after initial treatment. The discovery of valine-to-glutamic...

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