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Primary Acquired Sideroblastic Anaemia Associated with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia
Author(s) -
Papayannis A. G.,
Stathakis N. E.,
Kyrkoy K.,
Panani A.,
Gardikas C.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1974.tb06646.x
Subject(s) - bone marrow , medicine , chronic lymphocytic leukemia , peripheral blood , immunology , pathology , leukemia
S ummary . The case of a 71‐yr‐old man with primary acquired sideroblastic anaemia associated with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia is described. Cytogenic studies of the peripheral‐blood lymphocytes and the bone‐marrow cells provided evidence for chromosomal abnormalities common to erythroblasts and leukaemic lymphocytes. This finding strongly suggests that in this patient the two diseases are related.