Frequency of pseudo-Gaucher cells in diagnostic bone marrow biopsies from patients with Ph-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 430, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-148

  Busche G ^a   Majewski, H ^a   Schlue J ^a   Delventhal, S ^a   Baer Henney, S ^a   Vykoupil, K F ^a   Georgii, A ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone marrow biopsies; Chronic myeloid leukaemia; Observer disagreement; Pseudo gaucher cells; Storing histiocytes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CYTOPLASM; GAUCHER DISEASE; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GAUCHER DISEASE; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, PHILADELPHIA-POSITIVE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030948432     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01008035     Document Type: Article

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