As far as references go, Dr. Michael Borowitz noted the significance of blastic identification via CD45 intensity in "Immunophenotyping of Acute Leukemia by Flow Cytometry" in Clinical Immunology. There have been more recent studies suggesting that very weak CD45 staining intensity may be a good prognostic indicator analagous to CD34 staining in pediatric ALL's.
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