Diagnosing lymphoproliferative disorders involving the cerebrospinal fluid: Increased sensitivity using flow cytometric analysis

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 369-374

  French, Christopher A ^a   Dorfman, David M ^a   Shaheen, Ghada ^a   Cibas, Edmund S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Cytology; Cytomorphology; Cytopathology; Flow cytometric immunophenotypic analysis; Flow cytometry; Leukemia; Lymphoproliferative disorder; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033737645     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0339(200012)23:6<369::AID-DC1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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