METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BETWEEN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES AND MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASES

摘要

A method for the differential diagnosis between myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative diseases provides for cytochemical assessment of the activity of acid non-specific esterase for the identification of the cells phagocytizing the remnants of the actively proliferating hematopoietic cells dying due to apoptosis.