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The excellent therapeutic response of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) to natural interferon-a (IFN-α) reported for the first time by Quesada et al. [1] and subsequently confirmed by numerous studies using recombinant IFN-α (e.g. [2]), has prompted a broad array of clinical trials with this substance. Among the diseases investigated so far, HCL is still the most sensitive disorder and has become a model system for the investigation of the antitumor effects of IFN-α.
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Schwarzmeier, J.D., Ihra, G.C. (1993). Interferon-α and Hairy Cell Leukemia. In: Fleischer, J. (eds) Leukemias. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77083-8_30
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