Article
Granular lymphocyte proliferative disorders: a multicenter study of 20 cases.
Annals of hematology - 1 Jun 1994
Woessner S, Feliu E, Villamor N, Zarco M A, Domingo A, Millá F, Florensa L, Rozman M, Abella E, Soler J
Abstract excerpt
A series of 20 patients with granular lymphocyte proliferative disorders (GLPD) is reported. The criterion of inclusion was presence of persistent (> or = 6 months) granular lymphocytosis in the absence of any causative illness. Diagnoses made upon analytical control in half the patients of splenomegaly (25%) and hepatomegaly (25%) were infrequent. Clinical course was nonprogressive in 17/20 patients, but two...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Colony-Forming Units Assay
- Deltaretrovirus Antibodies
- Female
- Genotype
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders
