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The 2016 WHO versus 2008 WHO Criteria for the Diagnosis of Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia.
Annals of laboratory medicine - 1 Sept 2018
Moon Yeonsook, Kim Mi Hyang, Kim Hye Ryoun, Ahn Jeong Yeal, Huh Jungwon, Huh Ji Young, Han Jae Ho, Park Joon Seong, Cho Sung Ran
Abstract excerpt
The 2016 WHO diagnostic criteria for chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) require both absolute and relative monocytosis (≥1×10⁹/L and ≥10% of white blood cell counts) in peripheral blood. Moreover, myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) features in bone marrow and/or MPN-associated mutations tend to support MPN with monocytosis rather than CMML. We assessed the impact of the 2016 WHO criteria on CMML diagnosis,...
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