Bleeding complications in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
In a series of 164 patients, a retrospective study has been carried out on the incidence, frequency and character of bleeding episodes occurring in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. The authors stress the relatively high frequency of haemorrhagic complications which were causing death in a significant proportion of cases (5.5%). Thrombocytopenia was the main precipitating factor of bleeding on most occasions.
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Second Medical Clinic, Medical Faculty, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia.
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D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies