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Hairy cell leukemia and Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome

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Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a lymphoproliferative disorder associated with pancytopenia, splenomegaly and the presence of typical hairy B lymphocytes in the bone marrow and/or peripheral blood. A variety of autoimmune diseases have been reported to occur with HCL.

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    A Alexopoulou, S P Dourakis, O Louka & T Kalmantis

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Alexopoulou, A., Dourakis, S., Louka, O. et al. Hairy cell leukemia and Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Leukemia 17, 655–656 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2402863

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