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Utility of the World Heath Organization classification criteria for the diagnosis of systemic mastocytosis in bone marrow.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Jan 2009
Johnson Malisha R, Verstovsek Srdan, Jorgensen Jeffrey L, Manshouri T, Luthra Raja, Jones Dan M, Bueso-Ramos Carlos E, Medeiros L Jeffrey, Huh Yang O
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In the World Health Organization classification, one major and four minor criteria are specified for the diagnosis of systemic mastocytosis. We report our experience using these criteria to diagnose systemic mastocytosis involving bone marrow. A total of 59 patients with clinically suspected systemic mastocytosis underwent comprehensive bone marrow examination, including immunophenotyping by immunohistochemistry...
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