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T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia historical perspective
Introduction
Overview
Overview
T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia was first described 40 years ago and was classified in 1994.
Historical Perspective
Historical Perspective
- 40 years ago, in 1973, Catovsky first described four cases of T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia.[1][2]
- In 1994, Harris a pathologist from Boston and his colleagues made an effort to classify T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia.[3]
References
References
- ↑ Catovsky D, Galetto J, Okos A, Galton DA, Wiltshaw E, Stathopoulos G (August 1973). “Prolymphocytic leukaemia of B and T cell type”. Lancet. 2 (7823): 232–4. PMID 4124423.
- ↑ Sud A, Dearden C (April 2017). “T-cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia”. Hematol. Oncol. Clin. North Am. 31 (2): 273–283. doi:10.1016/j.hoc.2016.11.010. PMID 28340878.
- ↑ Harris NL, Jaffe ES, Stein H, Banks PM, Chan JK, Cleary ML, Delsol G, De Wolf-Peeters C, Falini B, Gatter KC (September 1994). “A revised European-American classification of lymphoid neoplasms: a proposal from the International Lymphoma Study Group”. Blood. 84 (5): 1361–92. PMID 8068936.
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