Immunophenotyping in Acute leukemias: First tertiary care centre experience from Punjab


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Original Article

Author :

Vikram Narang, Amit Dhiman, Bhavna Garg, Neena Sood, Harsimran Kaur

Volume :

4

Issue :

2

Abstract :

Acute leukemia is a heterogenous group of disorders, require multidiscplinary approach for diagnosis and prognostication. Immmunophenotyping has emerged as important tool in diagnosis of hematolymphoid malignancies. Since, Punjab is emerging as cancer capital of India, with leukemia cases on the rise. The diagnostic modalities like flow cytometry need to be popularized and more medical fraternity is required to be familiar with this technique. Therefore we hereby present study from the state of Punjab focussing on leukemia patterns diagnosed by flow cytometry.

Keyword :

Leukemia, Diagnosis, Flow Cytometry, Punjab