Frequency and prognostic impact of the aberrant CD8 expression in 5,523 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

  • Wolfgang Kern
  • Ulrike Bacher
  • Claudia Haferlach
  • Tamara Alpermann
  • Frank Dicker
  • Susanne Schnittger
  • Torsten Haferlach

Abstract

In patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), aberrant expression of the T-lineage antigen CD8 was reported in low frequencies. The clinical impact of this phenomenon remains in discussion.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number3
ISSN1552-4949
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22143984