The importance of immunophenotyping by flow cytometry in distinction between hematogones and B lymphoblasts
Hematogones are normal B-lineage lymphoid precursors in the bone marrow. B lymphoblasts are immature neoplastic cells present in patients with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). Hematogones and B lymphoblasts share characteristics, such as morphological similarity often indistinc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica
2015-02-01
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| Series: | Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-24442015000100007&lng=en&tlng=en |