... with normal controls. Study of those patients who underwent splenectomy suggests that neutrophil function can be improved by splenectomy. The possible causes of defective function in this disease are discussed. 12 01 1979 23 04 1979 3 3 2009 Candida Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia Hairy...

... chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Significantly lower levels of activity were observed both biochemically and cytochemically for each enzyme in B cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia lymphocytes, whereas the values obtained for the T cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemic patient fell within the normal range...

...A.M. Cohen; U.H. Lewinski; B. Klein; M. Djaldetti Satellitism of platelets to monocytes was observed in 3 patients suffering from polycythaemia vera, a myeloproliferative disorder and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. This phenomenon occurred on cells in the buffy coat obtained from venous blood...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia Derepression in lymphocyte transformation Myeloma...

...J.P. Aymard; C. Janot; G. Thibaut; F. Bertrand; B. Legras; P. Lederlin; F. Streif Several haematological and immunological parameters were studied before and after a 4-week trial of oral levamisole (300 mg/week) in 15 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. We found no statistically...

...A.K.S. Singh; R.P.H. Thompson A patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) who developed leukaemic meningitis, after chemotherapy had successfully reduced the tumour load, is described. This progressed rapidly as basal meningitis and caused almost a complete obstruction of the lateral...

...J. Gibson; D.J. Brennan; H. Kronenberg A patient who presented with a transient right-sided Bell’s palsy (lower motor neurone lesion of the facial nerve) and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is described. During the following 5 years whilst receiving intermittent treatment for her CLL...

...Getraud Gallhofer; Junia V. Melo; J. Spencer; D.C. Catovsky A group of 20 patients with stage C chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and marked splenomegaly refractory to anti-leukaemia treatment was evaluated in relation to clinical course and survival after splenectomy, and compared with a control...

...J.P. Wallis; M.V. Joyner A patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia untreated for 5 years subsequently developed acute myeloid leukaemia. It is suggested that reduced immunocompetence is the likely mechanism in this case and may also be a contributory factor in those cases which have been...

... in antigenic sites. Reasons for A antigenic variations in haematological disorders are discussed. 20 09 1984 21 12 1984 25 2 2009 ‘A’ antigenic sites Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia Acute myeloid leukaemia Aplastic anaemia Chimerism Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia Chronic myeloid...

...F.J. Giles; M.P. Smith; A.H. Goldstone A 67-year-old man, who had received intermittent courses of oral chlorambucil and prednisone as therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia over a period of 3.5 years, developed fatal lung fibrosis. A case report and brief review of the current data...

...George Katrinakis; Despina Kyriakou; Helene Papadaki; Irene Kalokyri; Fotini Markidou; George D. Eliopoulos The mechanisms accounting for the impaired natural killer cell activity (NKa) in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL) were investigated in 34 B-CLL patients. We found that patients...

...Ulrich Kaiser A 53-year-old man presented with focal jacksonian seizures that were due to cerebral tumour manifestations. Stereotactic biopsy revealed infiltration by lymphocytes compatible with the diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Simultaneously, Binet stage II CLL with bone...