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The low-grade malignant B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders with leukemic cells in the peripheral blood (LMBLL) are practically all included in what is usually called chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). When it became obvious that CLL was a heterogenous disease, it was subdivided in several groups, e.g. according to the Kiel classification [1]. New entities such as immunocytoma, prolymphocytic leukemia, and centrocytic lymphoma, were separated from CLL. Our original aim was to investigate the ‘classical’ CLL for possible presence of specific chromosomal aberrations. The study includes patients within the new subgroups, but only those who presented with a leukemic picture, i.e. a blood lymphocyte count of at least 5 × 109/1.
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Gahrton, G., Juliusson, G., Robert, K.H., Friberg, K., Zech, L. (1985). Chromosomal aberrations in leukemic low-grade malignant B-cell lymphoproliferative neoplasias. In: Cavalli, F., Bonadonna, G., Rozencweig, M. (eds) Malignant Lymphomas and Hodgkin’s Disease: Experimental and Therapeutic Advances. Developments in Oncology, vol 32. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2607-6_9
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