Acta Med. 1998, 41: 23-26

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.163

Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) as a Marker of Disease Activity in Patients with Hairy Cell Leukemia

Ladislav Chrobáka, Pavel Žáka, Karel Podzimeka, Pravoslav Stránskýb

aDepartment of Clinical Hematology, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine and Teaching Hospital, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bDepartment of Medical Biophysics, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received January 1, 1998
Accepted January 1, 1998

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