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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shalinder Singh, M.B.B.S.[2] Haytham Allaham, M.D. [3]

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The first comprehensive clinical report of chronic lymphocytic leukemia was published by Dr. George Minot, an American physician, in 1924.

The pathology of leukemia was first described in 1845 by Dr. John Hughes Bennett and Dr. Rudolph Virchow.^[1]^[2]
In 1889, the first subdivision of leukemia into acute and chronic subtypes was first proposed by Dr. Wilhelm Ebstein.^[3]^[4]
In 1893, clinical data and case studies were developed by Dr. Hans Kundrat, to diagnose chronic lymphocytic leukemia as an independent pathological entity.
The first comprehensive clinical report of chronic lymphocytic leukemia was published by Dr. George Minot in 1924, an American physician.^[3]

↑ Hamblin, Terry (2008). "Historical aspects of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia". British Journal of Haematology. 111 (4): 1023–1034. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.2000.02215.x. ISSN 0007-1048.
↑ Gribben JG (2008). "Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: an historical perspective". Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program: 443. doi:10.1182/asheducation-2008.1.443. PMID 19074123.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Rai KR (1993). "Progress in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: a historical perspective". Baillieres Clin Haematol. 6 (4): 757–65. PMID 8038488.
↑ Gribben JG (2008). "Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: an historical perspective". Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program: 443. doi:10.1182/asheducation-2008.1.443. PMID 19074123.