Is Flow Cytometry a Useful Test? R epresenting a busy flow cytometry laboratory with an annual workload of approximately 1400 acute leukemia and malignant lymphoma cases, we read the article by Naughton et al. 1 with considerable interest. The authors concluded that "flow cytometry of bone marrow as
Bone marrow staging in patients with non-hodgkin's lymphoma : Is flow cytometry a useful test?
โ Scribed by Michael J. Naughton; Jay L. Hess; Mary M. Zutter; Nancy L. Bartlett
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 74 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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โฆ Synopsis
BACKGROUND. Flow cytometric analysis of bone marrow often is used as an adjunct
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