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MRD Topics

• back to the main ALL section
• preface
• introduction
• clinical remission
• flow cytometry
• FISH, FISH/MRD
• clonality
• Southern blots
• PCR, PCR/MRD
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Tests important in the diagnosis of leukemia

Several types of assays other than those of traditional morphology for determining clinical remission have developed since the 1950s. some of these have also been modified to detect MRD. Each of these assays is discussed in following sections.

• immunophenotypic analysis by flow cytometry
• blast colony assay (not discussed)
• FISH

The Concept of Clonality (intro to the concepts behind Southern blot and PCR)

• Southern blot
• PC

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