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Published in: International Journal of Hematology 3/2019

01-03-2019 | Lymphoma | Guide Line

JSH Practical Guidelines for Hematological Malignancies, 2018: II. Lymphoma-8. Adult T-cell leukemia–lymphoma

Authors: Kunihiro Tsukasaki, Takuya Fukushima

Published in: International Journal of Hematology | Issue 3/2019

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Adult T-cell leukemia–lymphoma (ATL) is a disease concept first described by Uchiyama and Takatsuki et al. in 1977 as a T-cell neoplasm endemic to southwestern Japan, primarily the Kyushu region and Okinawa [1]. Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) was discovered as the causative virus in the early 1980s [2–5]. In the 2017 WHO Classification, ATL is defined as a peripheral T-cell neoplasm caused by HTLV-1 that is composed of lymphocytes with high-grade nuclear atypia [6]. …
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Title
JSH Practical Guidelines for Hematological Malignancies, 2018: II. Lymphoma-8. Adult T-cell leukemia–lymphoma
Authors
Kunihiro Tsukasaki
Takuya Fukushima
Publication date
01-03-2019
Publisher
Springer Japan
Keywords
Lymphoma
Leukemia
Published in
International Journal of Hematology / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0925-5710
Electronic ISSN: 1865-3774
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-018-02588-5

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