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Diagnostic value of preparing bone marrow smears from the small amount of material left within the aspiration needle following a dry tap

Bone marrow aspirations are used in the diagnosis of patients with hematological disorders. Cytological diagnosis becomes difficult when aspiration is a dry tap. Smears produced from the material left in the needle following a dry tap can provide valuable information either to complement or even mak...

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Autor principal: Islam, Anwarul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30564342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1892
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Sumario:Bone marrow aspirations are used in the diagnosis of patients with hematological disorders. Cytological diagnosis becomes difficult when aspiration is a dry tap. Smears produced from the material left in the needle following a dry tap can provide valuable information either to complement or even make an accurate diagnosis.