Table 4.

BMPC numbers recovered after Ficoll and RBC lysis preparation of flow cytometry samples*

Case no.	sBMPC (%)	fBMPC (%)
		Ficoll	RBC lysis
1	37	16	23
2	1	0.1	0.1
3	6	12	3
4	1	0.1	< 0.1
5	2	0.6	0.1
6	1	0.1	< 0.1
7	< 1	0.2	0.1
8	1	0.2	0.1
9	< 1	0.1	< 0.1
10	2.5	0.2	0.5
11	4	1.4	0.6
12	1	1.1	0.2
13	6	2.1	2.6
14	11	1.5	1.3
15	22	26	13.5
16	1.5	2.7	2.8
17	3	0.7	0.1
18	1	0.4	< 0.1
19	1.5	1	0.2
20	20	2.7	0.5
21	2	0.3	0.1
22	57	32	13
23	57	36	23
24	27	16	5
25	1	0.2	< 0.1
26	35	29	36
27	8	0.8	0.2
28	5	5.2	2.6
29	55	25	28
30	4	2.2	1.6
31	< 1	0.3	0.2
32	40	60	23
33	2	2.5	1.2
34	1	0.2	0.2
35	4.5	0.2	< 0.1
36	65	37	36
37	1.5	0.2	0.1
38	40	32	18
39	5	1	0.4
40	9	2.5	0.8

Numbers in italics script indicate the higher value obtained by the respective comparison

BMPC, bone marrow plasma cells; sBMPC, enumerated by smear review; fBMPC, enumerated by flow cytometry; RBC, red blood cell

^*The difference was statistically significant P < 0.0001