Cytoplasmic IgM in adults

From: DAHL CHASE DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES (dcdsflow@mint.net)
Date: Wed Feb 03 1999 - 09:44:59 EST


Dear Flow collegues,
We are currently using the presence of cIgM to differentiate precursor B-ALL
or pre-pre B-ALL (cIgM neg) from pre-B ALL (cIgM pos) in pediatric patients.
Apparently pediatric patients with pre B-ALL do worse than patients with
precursor B-ALL (pre-pre B ALL).  Does the same prognosis apply to adults
with B-ALL?  The literature is not quite clear on this issue from what I
remember.
Thanks for your help
Andrea Illingworth 
Dahl-Chase Diagnostic Services/Flow Cytometry
333 State Street
Bangor, Maine 04401
(207)990-4855



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