CD8A and B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia: When we analyzed absolute and relative numbers of the major cell populations, a pattern could be seen where stable CLL patients had a significantly higher absolute number of these cells than controls, and patients with progressive CLL, in turn, had higher counts than the stable ones (with the exception of CD4+CD8+ T‐cells, polyclonal B‐cells, NKT cells and NK cells).