Open AccessIs a 500-Cell Count Necessary for Bone Marrow Differentials?
Author(s) -
Ahmed Abdulrahman,
Kirtesh H Patel,
Tong Yang,
David D. Koch,
Sarah M Sivers,
Geoffrey Smith,
David L. Jaye
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american journal of clinical pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.859
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1943-7722
pISSN - 0002-9173
DOI - 10.1093/ajcp/aqy034
Subject(s) - bone marrow , contingency table , cutoff , cell , medicine , cell type , pathology , statistical analysis , analysis of variance , statistics , biology , mathematics , genetics , physics , quantum mechanics
By convention, 500 cells are counted for bone marrow aspirate differentials. Evidence supporting such a cutoff is lacking. We hypothesized that 300-cell counts could be sufficient.
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