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Higher rate of central nervous system involvement by flow cytometry than morphology in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
International journal of laboratory hematology - 1 Oct 2017
Dass J, Dayama A, Mishra P C, Mahapatra M, Seth T, Tyagi S, Pati H P, Saxena R
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is diagnosed traditionally by cytopathology (CP) of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Role of flow cytometry (FC) to diagnose CNS involvement has not been extensively investigated. METHODS: We aimed to detect CNS involvement in 42 ALL patients (33 B-ALL, nine T-ALL) at diagnosis by FC and comparing it with CP and to...
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