Diagnosis and quantification of bone marrow fibrosis are significantly biased by the pre-staining processing of bone marrow biopsies

Histopathology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-148

  Buesche, G ^a   Georgii, A ^a   Kreipe, H H ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone marrow biopsies; Bone marrow fibrosis; Chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis; Chronic myeloid leukaemia; Fixation; Interlaboratory variation; Observer disagreement; Paraffin embedding; Plastic embedding; Quantification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOFIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; ALGORITHM; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TIME; TISSUE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYELOFIBROSIS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 33644869426     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02302.x     Document Type: Article

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