Failed or inadequate bone marrow aspiration: A fast, simple and cost-effective method to produce a cell suspension from a core biopsy specimen

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-40

  Novotny, Jürgen ^a,c   Schmucker U ^a   Staats, B ^b   Duhrsen U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Dr Eberhard and Partner   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone marrow aspiration; Dry tap; Flow cytometry; Karyotyping; Mechanical disaggregation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CARCINOMATOSIS; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL DISAGGREGATION; METAPHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; TECHNIQUE;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CELL SEPARATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 14344263445     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2004.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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