Dr. Ault -- On the contrary, I would suggest that it is in the process of "trying to align morphologic descriptions with specific immunophenotypes" that we make progress in sorting out which morphologies and which immunophenotypes actually define true pathological entities. Granted, we may do ourselves and our clinical colleagues a disservice if we "invent" new diseases solely upon the merit of immunologic variations...but the efforts to correlate these various criteria (morphologic, immunologic, genetic, and clinical) clearly result in the recognition and better understanding of specific disease entities. *************************************************************** Christopher R. Conley, MD conley.christopher@mayo.edu Dept. of Pathology Tel:(602)301-8021 FAX:(602)301-8372 Mayo Clinic Scottsdale 13400 E. Shea Blvd. Scottsdale AZ 85259
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