Common infectious agents and monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis: a cross-sectional epidemiological study among healthy adults.

BACKGROUND: Risk factors associated with monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL), a potential precursor of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), remain unknown. METHODS: Using a cross-sectional study design, we investigated demographic, medical and behavioural risk factors associated with MBL. "Lo...

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Main Authors: Delphine Casabonne, Julia Almeida, Wendy G Nieto, Alfonso Romero, Paulino Fernández-Navarro, Arancha Rodriguez-Caballero, Santiago Muñoz-Criado, Marcos González Díaz, Yolanda Benavente, Silvia de Sanjosé, Alberto Orfao, Primary Health Care Group of Salamanca for the Study of MBL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3532166?pdf=render

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