FMOD and B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Moreover, authors showed that there were a significant relationship between up regulation of FMOD and some risk factors which were studied on B-CLL subjects (i.e., lower haemoglobin level, lower platelet count, hepatomegaly, and lower RBCs count) and borderline showed a significant relationships with other risk factors such as splenomegaly and lymphadenopathy.