B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia historical perspective

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Qurrat-ul-ain Abid, M.D.[2],Carlos A Lopez, M.D. [3]

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B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia was first described in 1974 by Galton David Abraham Goitein.

B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia

B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia initially, when first described by Galton David Abraham Goitein. in 1974 was considered a variant of chronic lymphoid leukemia.[1] In 1995 Ciril Rozman and Emilio Montserrat described the etilogy, classification and natural history of B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia in detail.[2]

References

  1. Galton DA, Goldman JM, Wiltshaw E, Catovsky D, Henry K, Goldenberg GJ (May 1974). "Prolymphocytic leukaemia". Br. J. Haematol. 27 (1): 7–23. PMID 4137136.
  2. Rozman C, Montserrat E (October 1995). "Chronic lymphocytic leukemia". N. Engl. J. Med. 333 (16): 1052–7. doi:10.1056/NEJM199510193331606. PMID 7675049.


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