Leukemia Research
Volume 28, Issue 10 , Pages 1043-1051 , October 2004

Elevated levels of soluble CD44 are associated with advanced disease and in vitro proliferation of neoplastic lymphocytes in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

  • Wolfgang Eisterer

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Oliver Bechter

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria
    • Bechter O. and Söderberg O. contributed equally to the manuscript.
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  • Ola Söderberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Uppsala, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Bechter O. and Söderberg O. contributed equally to the manuscript.
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  • Kenneth Nilsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Uppsala, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Maria Terol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Haematology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Richard Greil

      Affiliations

    • Divison of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital, Anichstr. 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Josef Thaler

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Manfred Herold

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Lothar Finke

      Affiliations

    • Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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  • Ursula Günthert

      Affiliations

    • Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland
    • Present address: Institute for Medical Microbiology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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  • Emilio Montserrat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Haematology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Reinhard Stauder

      Affiliations

    • Divison of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital, Anichstr. 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43-512-504-23255; fax: +43-512-504-23341.

Received 10 October 2003 ,Accepted 14 January 2004.

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PII: S0145-2126(04)00060-8

doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2004.01.016

Leukemia Research
Volume 28, Issue 10 , Pages 1043-1051 , October 2004