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Original Articles: Clinical

Autoimmune cytopenias in chronic lymphocytic leukemia at disease presentation in the modern treatment era: is stage C always stage C?

Carlo ViscoDepartment of Hematology, S. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Agostino CortelezziHematology 1, CTMO, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and Department of Medical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Francesca MorettaHematology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Policlinico GB Rossi, Verona, Italy
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Erika FalisiDepartment of Hematology, S. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
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Francesco MauraHematology 1, CTMO, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and Department of Medical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Silvia FinottoDepartment of Hematology, S. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
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Wilma BarcelliniHematology 1, CTMO, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and Department of Medical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Achille AmbrosettiHematology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Policlinico GB Rossi, Verona, Italy
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Antonino NeriHematology 1, CTMO, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and Department of Medical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Marco RuggeriDepartment of Hematology, S. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
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Francesco RodeghieroDepartment of Hematology, S. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
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Pages 1261-1265 | Received 06 May 2013, Accepted 06 Aug 2013, Published online: 23 Sep 2013

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