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Classification And Immunophenotyping Of Acute Leukemias: A Prospective Study., Shahid Pervez, M. Khurshid
Classification And Immunophenotyping Of Acute Leukemias: A Prospective Study., Shahid Pervez, M. Khurshid
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Over a period of 3-1/2 years, 86 cases of acute leukemia were analyzed by immunohistochemical (IHC) means on ficoll separated cytospin preparations of peripheral blood and/or bone marrow samples. Antibodies included in the panel were specific against Tdt, HLA-DR, CD19/CD2O/CD22, CALLA (CD1O), CD2, CD11C as well as against Ig heavy chains. Of 86 cases analyzed, 48 cases were of ALL, (25 of common pre-B ALL, 15 of pre-B/NULL and 8 of T ALL phenotype), twenty-four (24) out of 86 cases were of nonÂlymphoblastic (AML/AMML) type. In six cases, there was suggestion of a mixed lineage, while in 8 cases there …