The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 59, Issue 3 , Pages 316-324 , September 1975

Morphology of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and its relationship to survival

  • LoAnn C. Peterson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Section of Medical Oncology. University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
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  • Clara D. Bloomfield, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Section of Medical Oncology. University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
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  • R.Dorothy Sundberg, Ph.D., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Section of Medical Oncology. University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
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  • K.J. Gajl-Peczalska, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Section of Medical Oncology. University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
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  • Richard D. Brunning, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. Richard D. Brunning, Box 198, University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
    • From the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Section of Medical Oncology. University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.

,Accepted 28 February 1975.

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☆ This study was supported in part by Grant CA 08832 from the National Cancer Institute of the U.S. Public Health Service, the Leukemia Research Fund, Inc., and the American Cancer Society.

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The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 59, Issue 3 , Pages 316-324 , September 1975

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