Multiple choice

Which among the following statements doesnot characterises chronic lymphocytic leukemia?

  1. It usually has a very poor prognosis.

  2. It has a good prognosis only in those patients with circulating monoclonal immunoglobulin.

  3. It is mostly a disease of childhood.

  4. It is usually found in people over 50 years of age.

  5. It is a leukemia where both kappa and lambda light chains are found on the surface of the malignant cell.

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Explanation

CLL is uncommon in people under 50 years of age.