Re: ? S phase or malignant aneuploid peak

W. Roy Overton, Ph.D. (overton@UMDNJ.EDU)
Thu, 13 Jun 1996 09:59:18 -0700

Dear Walter,

The case that you described (a child with an 11% population with a DNA index of
1.2) sounds remarkably similar to one that we reported in Cytometry (Communications
in Clinical Cytometry) 22:158, 1995.
Our conclusion in our case was that the child was demonstrating a false
DNA-aneuploidy (DI 1.2) due to an infection with EBV. Cytogenetic analysis was
normal and the EBV titer was 1:640 (capsid IgG) and 1:2 (nuclear antigen). We were
concerned that the EBV DNA within infected cells caused this increase in DNA
content.

Roy

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