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Using lymphocytes as a surrogate population to calculate BMP, blast percentages were adjusted and compared to the actual blast count as determined by 500-cell manual differential in the initial eight patients. The strong correlation observed further supports the concept that lymphocyte populations provide a reliable means of calculating BMP and thereby allow reasonable correction of the bone marrow blast percentage.
