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Enzyme histochemical demonstration of hairy cell leukaemia in paraffin-embedded tissue sections

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Hairy cell leukaemia is a form of leukaemia difficult to diagnose since pancytopenia is often present. Hairy cells contain tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, and this factor is utilised in the diagnosis of the condition. This study confirms that it is also possible to demonstrate tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase in leukaemic infiltrates in formalin fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections.

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  1. Department of Pathology, The Finsen Institute, DK-2100, Copenhagen ø, Denmark

    Marianne Hamilton Therkildsen

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Hamilton Therkildsen, M. Enzyme histochemical demonstration of hairy cell leukaemia in paraffin-embedded tissue sections. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 408, 505–508 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00705304

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