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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Haytham Allaham, M.D. [2], Vamsikrishna Gunnam M.B.B.S [3]; Grammar Reviewer: Natalie Harpenau, B.S.[4]

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The term hairy cell leukemia was first used to describe the malignancy by Dr. R. Schrek and Dr. W. J. Donnelly in 1966.

Hairy cell leukemia was first discovered by Bouroncle in 1958.^[1]
The term hairy cell leukemia was first used to describe the malignancy by Dr. R. Schreck and Dr. W. J. Donnelly in 1966.^[2]

Leukemic reticuloendotheliosis was first described in 1923 by Dr. O. Ewald, a German physician.

↑ Pilichowska, Monika; Shariftabrizi, Ahmad; Mukand-Cerro, Ian; Miller, Kenneth (2014). "Primary Hairy Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma of the Breast: A Case Report and Review of the Literature". Case Reports in Pathology. 2014: 1–5. doi:10.1155/2014/497027. ISSN 2090-6781.
↑ Fanta PT, Saven A (2008). "Hairy cell leukemia". Cancer Treat Res. 142: 193–209. PMID 18283787.