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I tested positive for a jak2 mutation on a blood test and when my marrow was tested the jak2 mutation was not found. how can this be?
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Borderline result?: You are correct to wonder how a genetic test that is positive in blood can be negative in marrow, because a marrow aspirate is around 50% blood. If a blood test was borderline to begin with (due to a low percentage of positive cells), or if it was a false positive, then it may turn up negative in the marrow.
Answered 9/25/2019
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