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Clinical data and immunoglobulin variable heavy chain (IgVH) gene configuration were analyzed in 47 CLL patients, exposed to ionizing radiation (IR) due to Chernobyl NPP accident, and 141 non-exposed patients. Clean-up workers of the second quarter of 1986 (n=19) were picked out as separate group with the highest number of unmutated cases (94.4%), increased usage of IgVH1-69 (33.3%) and IgVH3-21 (16...