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I guess "white blood cells failed to grow" was rather cryptic! I guess they have to culture the white blood cell line before they can determine whether or not there are any chromosome abnormalities. They were able to "grow" (or culture?) the lymphocytes, but not the white blood cells. The doctor told me that he took this as a good sign that the white blood cells were not growing fast. I don't really understand why that would be a good sign...In any case, we are still in a "wait and see" mode. My Dad will receive blood tests every two weeks to see how his counts are doing. I am worried that we should be doing something else! Does anyone know if MDS can be diagnosed even if there are no chromosome abnormalities?
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