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A Teaching Database for Diagnosis of Hematologic Neoplasms Using Immunophenotyping by Flow Cytometry
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
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May 1, 2008|
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Context.-In the diagnosis of lymphomas and leukemias, flow cytometry has been considered an essential addition to morphology and immunohistochemistry. The interpretation of immunophenotyping results by flow cytometry involves pattern recognition of different hematologic neoplasms that may have similar immunologic marker profiles. An important factor that creates difficulty in the interpretation process is the lack of consistency in marker expression for a particular neoplasm. For this reason, a definitive diagnostic pattern is usually not available for each specific neoplasm. Consequently, ...
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