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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-8-2
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia developed in four of five siblings, whose father succumbed to the same disease. The pattern of immune deficiency in the leukemic siblings resembled that found in nonfamilial cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and was correlated with the severity of clinical involvement. In three siblings the peripheral blood leukemic cells shared delta-heavy and kappa-light chains as the only detectable surface immunoglobulin, suggesting that on a cellular and molecular level the chronic lymphocytic leukemia in family members is identical. The fourth and youngest sibling had no peripheral blood lymphocytes with detectable surface immunoglobulin. An inherited defect in the class of cells destined to express delta-heavy and kappa-light chains appears to underlie susceptibility to leukemia in this family.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0003-4819
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
554-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Familial chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Immunologic and cellular characterization.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article