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Special stains in the diagnosis of acute leukemia
1Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
|March 7, 2000
Abstract:
Special stains are used in the evaluation of bone marrow specimens to augment Wright-Giemsa preparations. This article details the common cytochemical stains available, and discusses their clinical use as indicators of hematopoietic lineage. Iron and reticulin stains, which are widely used in the general evaluation of the bone marrow, are also reviewed.