Table 1.

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the patients with CLL.

Character	Patients with CLL (N = 24)
Sex M/F	12/12
Age (years)	64 (47–86)
Binet A/B/C	16/2/6
Past or ongoing therapy	8 (33%)
Lymphocyte count (x109/l)	24.3 (0.9–140.0)
Platelet count (x109/l)	141 (38–372)
Hemoglobin (g/l)	135 (81–153)
Neutrophil count (x109/l)	4.0 (0.6–12.1)
IgG (g/l)	7.4 (3.2–12.5)
IgM (g/l)	0.3 (0.1–5.4)
IgA (g/l)	0.7 (0.2–4.5)