title: A Japanese case of chronic lymphocytic leukemia with t (1;6).
abstract: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) rarely exhibits an aggressive clinical course and its patients often have chromosomal deletions or additions. Furthermore, reciprocal translocations are barely observed in CLL. There have only been a few reports of CLL with t(1;6), and here we report the first Asian case of CLL with reciprocal translocation t(1;6). Since our case and previously reported CLL patients with t(1;6) consistently showed aggressive clinical course, t(1;6) may define a distinct type of CLL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Hematology, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikariga-oka, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan. kazu-ike@fmu.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kayo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Hayato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Miki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohkawara
authors.forename: Hideyoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noji
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tasaki
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Kazuei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Yasuchika
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeishi