Haematologica, Vol 88, Issue 11, 1317-1320
Copyright © 2003 by Ferrata Storti Foundation
Cell lineage assignment of cytogenetic findings in acute lymphoblastic leukemia using combined immunomagnetic cell separation and chromosome preparation
H Rieder,
I Bachmann,
S Busch,
S Schwartz,
B Reckzeh,
and
D Hoelzer
In acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) abnormal karyotypes frequently constitute a minor part of the dividing cells, and the origin of metaphases in normal diploid cases remains obscure. We used a combination of immunomagnetic cell separation and chromosome preparation (ICSCP) to focus on the metaphases of interest and to assign the chromosome findings to CD19+ or CD7+ leukemia cells.