Clinical and laboratory features of preleukemia patients / 中华医学杂志(英文版)
Chinese Medical Journal
; (24): 3-7, 2002.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore prospective diagnostic criteria for preleukemia.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A case control study was done comparing the discrepancies on clinical and laboratory features between patients with preleukemia and those with chronic aplastic anemia (CAA) or atypical paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglubinuria (a-PNH).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There were eight variables of significance: (1) lymphocytoid micromegakaryocytes in the bone marrow; (2) immature granulocytes in the peripheral blood; (3) > or = 2.0% myeloblasts in the bone marrow; (4) positive periodic acid schiff (PAS) stained nucleated erythrocytes; (5) myeloid differentiation index > or = 1.8; (6) typical colonal karyotypic abnormalities; (7) negative sister chromatid differentiation; (8) cluster/colony ratio of granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming units (CFU-GM) > 4.0. The following criteria were assigned: A: to meet variable one and at least two of the other seven variables and B: to meet at least four of the eight variables. All of the patients with preleukemia met either A or B and none of the patients with CAA or a-PNH did.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Preleukemia is different from CAA or a-PNH. It has its own clinical and laboratory features, which may be useful for its prospective diagnosis.</p>
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Main subject:
Pathology
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Preleukemia
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Case-Control Studies
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Survival Rate
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Immunophenotyping
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Chromosome Aberrations
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Apoptosis
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Diagnosis
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Genetics
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Chinese Medical Journal
Year:
2002
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Article