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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]
Overview
- The term hairy cell leukemia was first used to describe the malignancy by Dr. R. Schrek and Dr. W. J. Donnelly, in 1966.[1]
Historical Perspective
- Leukemic reticuloendotheliosis was first described by Dr. O. Ewald, a German physician, in 1923.
- The first description of hairy cell leukemia as an independent clinicopathological entity was first reported by Dr. Bertha A. Bouroncle, in 1958.
- The term hairy cell leukemia was first used to describe the malignancy by Dr. R. Schrek and Dr. W. J. Donnelly, in 1966.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fanta PT, Saven A (2008). "Hairy cell leukemia". Cancer Treat Res. 142: 193–209. PMID 18283787.