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Biopsy
Schleswig-Holstein University reports research in biopsy
July 2nd, 2008
"We report on a bone-marrow biopsy of a 61-yearold female patient that was performed because of the clinical suspicion of a myeloproliferative disease. The trephine biopsy showed morphological features that were consistent with an essential thrombocythaemia (ET)," scientists in Lubeck, Germany report. "The diagnosis of a myeloproliferative disease could be corroborated by demonstration of the V617F mutation of JAK2. Besides the histological features of ET, the marrow showed a peculiar infiltrate that consisted of multivacuolated cells that were immunohistochemically identified as brown adipose tissue with a hibernoma-like picture," wrote C. Thorns and colleagues,...
Source: Fitness & Wellness Business Week (2008-07-02)
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