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    Leuk Lymphoma. 2004 Dec;45(12):2427-38.

    Aggressive Natural Killer-Cell Leukemia: report of five cases and review of the literature.

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    Haematology Laboratory Auckland City Hospital Auckland New Zealand. aruskova@dml.co.nz

    Abstract

    We report 5 cases of Aggressive Natural Killer-Cell Leukemia (ANKL) diagnosed and treated in our institution within a period of 5 years. Presented are the clinical, hematological, immunophenotypic, immunogenotypic and cytogenetic data. ANKL is a very rare disorder. On review of the English-language literature only 68 published cases were identified. Analysis was performed on a total number of 73 cases (68 from the literature and the series of 5 presented hereby). Presented and discussed are the epidemiology, clinical picture, morphology, cell marker, immunogenotype, cytogenetics, and survival data of the analysis, as well as the associations with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). To our knowledge this is the largest series of cases of ANKL analyzed and therefore it is hoped to contribute towards a better characterization of the disorder.

    PMID:
    15621755
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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