Chronic myelocytic leukemia - microscopic view

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Chronic myelocytic leukemia - microscopic view:

This high-power microscopic view of a blood smear from a person with classical CML shows predominantly normal-appearing cells with intermediate maturity.

Reviewed last on: 5/3/2006
Michael C. Milone, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA.

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