Which of the Following Indicates a Reason for Performing Cytochemical

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following indicates a reason for performing cytochemical staining on bone marrow specimens of suspected hematologic dyscrasias?

• A)Cytochemical staining has higher specificity for hematopoietic lineage differentiation than does standard morphology.
• B)Cytochemical staining has lower incidence of false negatives in detecting malignancies..
• C)Manual differentials are prone to misinterpretation, whereas cytochemical staining does not have these errors.
• D)Cytochemical staining provides a better overview of bone marrow status of hematopoiesis than does the manual differential.

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