Erschienen in:
01.12.2011 | Case Report
A 23-year-old woman with 11q-chronic lymphocytic leukemia
verfasst von:
Carlos Eduardo Miguel, Fábio Morato de Oliveira, Sabrina Dias Leite-Cueva, Eduardo Magalhães Rego, Roberto Passetto Falcão
Erschienen in:
Medical Oncology
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Ausgabe 4/2011
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Excerpt
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is characterized by accumulation of monoclonal CD5+ B lymphocytes in blood, bone marrow and lymphoid tissues. The incidence of CLL is about five cases per 100,000 people per year, increasing with age. In most series, CLL is more frequent in males than in females [
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