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Hematologist opinion pls blast count less than 1 percent in the bone marrow means what?

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Depends: considerably on the context in which it was done. Less than one percent of myeloblasts seems like a normal value (wiki). Would be very good news in the context of an acute leukemia and chemotherapy. Probably a low number in a young child.

Answered 8/2/2014

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