Comparison of touch imprints with aspirate smears for evaluating bone marrow specimens

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 753-758

  Aboul Nasr, Rashad ^a   Estey, Elihu H ^a   Kantarjian, Hagop M ^a   Freireich, Emil J ^a   Andreeff, Michael ^a   Johnson, Beverly Jean ^a   Albitar, Maher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirate smears; Bone marrow; Touch imprints

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033044788     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/111.6.753     Document Type: Article

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