Leukopenic chronic T cell leukemia mimicking hairy cell leukemia: association with human retroviruses
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Leukopenic chronic T cell leukemia mimicking hairy cell leukemia: association with human retroviruses.
We report two cases of a T cell lymphoproliferative disease not previously described, with cytologic and clinical features similar to those associated with Galton's "prolymphocytic" leukemia (PL). Our patients, like those with Galton's PL, had massive splenomegaly and minimal or absent hepatomegaly and lymphadenopathy. In contrast, however, our patients had leukopenia, as well as low percentage...
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v67.4.949.949