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Old Tue Mar 6, 2012, 01:46 PM
Greg H Greg H is offline
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Hi Karenish!

I'm not going to weigh in on this one because I am too ignorant of AA, but I want to piggyback on your question, so the learned folk who reply can answer this related one as well:

What are the key things that docs look for in and AA patients bone marrow results?

Is it mostly that we want to see an increase in cellularity? (I know we don't want to see dysplasia or cytogenetic irregularities, since those would get us heading toward MDS.) If we're just looking for an increase in cellularity, then, as Karenish asks, do we really learn anything if the CBC is showing slow but steady improvement?

Take care!

Greg
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