Leukemia Flashcards

1
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which can manifest clinically over weeks to months

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  • AML - ALL
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2
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median age of diagnosis for CLL

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  • 72
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3
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acute DIC and coagulopathy most commonly seen in

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  • APL
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4
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ALL most commonly of which cell line

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  • B cell
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5
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CD 19 and early 20s are which cell?

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  • B cell
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6
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clinical manifestation of ALL

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  • tumor lysis syndrome - lymph node involvement - mediastinal mass - CNS involvement - testicular involvement in males
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7
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stage 4 of Rai classification

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  • lymphocytosis - thrombocytopenia
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8
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treatment related AML mostly due to

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  • radiation therapy - chemo
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9
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morphology of the cells in CML

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  • heterogenous
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10
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prognosis of high white blood count in ALL (good/bad)

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  • bad
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11
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risk factors for ALL

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  • prior radiation - prior chemo - familial syndromes
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12
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what kind of disorder is CML classified as

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  • myeloproliferative
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13
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median survival of stage 2

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  • 6 years
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14
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lab findings for CLL

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  • leukocytosis - lymphocytosis - hypogammaglobulinemia - smudge cells
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15
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leukemias have what kind of involvement

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  • significant peripheral blood and bone marrow involvement
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16
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CD 13 is which cell?

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  • granulocyte
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17
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treatment of APL

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  • all-trans retinoic acid (ALTRA) - induction chemo
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18
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which chromosome is the Philadelphia chromosome?

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  • t(9;22) - 22 BCR/ABL is Ph
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19
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prognosis of (4;11) in what condition?

What is the prognosis?

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  • ALL
  • poor
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20
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morphology of cells in ALL

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  • homogenous lymphoblasts
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21
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which cell line of ALL has the worst prognosis

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  • T cell
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22
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what test do you do after CML is identified?

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  • quantitative PCR for the bcr/abl transcript
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23
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importance of malignant cells in chronic phase of CML

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  • maintain ability to differentiate
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24
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stage 0 of Rai classification

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  • lymphocytosis only
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25
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bone marrow aspirate for ALL

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  • large cells - open chromatin - prominent nucleoli
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26
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prognosis of t(12;21) in ALL (good/bad)

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  • good

JUST THINK THAT 12;21 IS HAPPY NUMBER BECAUSE IT GOES THE SAME WAY FORWARDS AS BACKWARDS

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27
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prognosis of hyperdiploidy in ALL (good/bad)

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  • good
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28
Q

Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor of choice

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  • imatinib
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29
Q

blast crisis can lead to

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  • AML - ALL
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30
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which is the most common adult leukemia

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  • CLL
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31
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prognosis of >10 years of age in ALL (good/bad)

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  • bad
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32
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forward scatter in flow cytometry separates based on

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  • size
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33
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bone marrow aspirate of CLL

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  • variable involvement - loss of heterogeneity
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34
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t(15;17) in cytogenetics with AML (good/bad)

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  • good
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35
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typical pattern on flow cytometry for CLL

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  • mature B cell phenotype with CD5 and CD23 - light chain restricted
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36
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AML is a malignancy of

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  • committed myeloid progenitor cell
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37
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treatment of CLL

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  • not a curable diseases - treat only if symptoms present
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38
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prognosis of hypodiploidy in ALL (good/bad)

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  • bad
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39
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common lab finding of CML

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  • leukocytosis - neutrophilia - basophilia - eosinophilia
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40
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pathogenesis of CML

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  • Philadelphia chromosome
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41
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stage 2 of Rai classification

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  • lymphocytosis - splenomegaly
42
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what is the most frequent molecular abnormality in AML

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  • FLT3
43
Q

being older and being diagnosed with AML (good/bad)

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  • bad
44
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what genetic abnormality is most seen in APL

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  • t(15;17) PML/RARa
45
Q

which are composed of lymphoid origin

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  • ALL - CLL
46
Q

CD 33 is which cell?

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  • myeloid
47
Q

t(9;22) in ALL

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  • bad but does not independently drive disease
48
Q

treatment related AML (good/bad)

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  • bad
49
Q

clonality of AML

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  • clonal expansion of myeloid blasts
50
Q

which are composed of myeloid origin

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  • AML - CML
51
Q

CLL is an incidental lab finding in what percentage of cases

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  • 20%
52
Q

petechiae are present in

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  • AML - ALL
53
Q

CD 1-8 is which cell?

A
  • T cell
54
Q

result of the Philadelphia chromosome

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  • fusion protein with constitutive tyrosine kinase activity
55
Q

what is the acute presentation of ALL in teens?

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  • mediastinal or soft tissue mass
56
Q

therapeutic options for CML

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  • Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitors - allogenic stem cell transplantation
57
Q

morphology of the cells in CLL

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  • homogenous mature lymphocytes - smudge cells on smear
58
Q

stage 1 of Rai classification

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  • lymphocytosis - lymphadenopathy
59
Q

morphology of cells in AML

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  • homogenous myeloblasts - Auer rod
60
Q

CML tends to choose which pathway

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  • myeloid
61
Q

side scatter in flow cytometry separates based on

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  • complexity
62
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CD 15 is which cell?

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  • granulocytic
63
Q

ALTRA moa

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  • differentiating agent
64
Q

markers for ALL

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  • CD19 - CD10 - TdT - no surface light chain
65
Q
  • which can manifest clinically over months to years
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  • CLL - CML
66
Q

is AML curable

A
  • yes
67
Q

deletions of chromosomes 5 and 7 in AML (good/bad)

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  • bad
68
Q

mediastinal or soft tissue mass presents in which cell line

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  • T cell
69
Q

which is the most common cancer in children

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  • ALL
70
Q

prognosis of <1 year of age in ALL (good/bad)

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  • bad
71
Q

in ALL malignant cells lose

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  • ability to differentiate
72
Q

ALL is a malignancy of

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  • committed lymphoid progenitor cell - pre-T or pre-B
73
Q

low CD numbers are which cell?

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  • T cell
74
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prognosis of t(9;22) in ALL (good/bad)

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  • bad
75
Q

what is the median age of diagnosis of ALL

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  • 11
76
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CLL stands for

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  • chronic lymphocytic leukemia
77
Q

what percent of CML patients are asymptomatic

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  • 20-40%
78
Q

bone marrow biopsy of AML

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  • monotonous population of mononuclear cells
79
Q

in AML, malignant cells lose

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  • the ability to differentiate
80
Q

prognosis of abnormal(11q23) in ALL

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  • bad
81
Q

CML stands for

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  • chronic myelogenous leukemia
82
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median survival of stage 1

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  • 8 years
83
Q

stage 3 of Rai classification

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  • lymphocytosis - anemia
84
Q

leukemias are diagnosed according to

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  • prominent cell type involved - stage of maturation
85
Q

CD 34 is which cell?

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  • stem cell
  • blast cell
86
Q

median survival of stage 3

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  • 3 years
87
Q

peripheral blood in CML

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  • numerous immature granulocytes - increased basophils
88
Q

CLL is a malignancy of

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  • mature B cells
89
Q

definition of leukemias

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  • neoplasms of hematopoietic cells
90
Q

what is an Aeur rod

A
  • pink needle in the cell
91
Q

best screening test for CML

A
  • fish
92
Q

AML arising from history of MDS or myeloproliferative disorder (good/bad)

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  • bad
93
Q

what condition is also common in CLL

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  • autoimmune hemolytic anemia
94
Q

immunophenotyping

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  • identifying phenotype using fluorescently labelled antibodies
95
Q

treatment for AML

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  • 7 days cytarabine - 3 days daunorubicin, idarubicin
96
Q

bone marrow aspirate in CML

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  • hypercellular - increased M:E
97
Q

median survival of stage 0

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  • > 15 years
98
Q

familial syndromes seen in what condition?

what are these syndromes?

A
  • ALL
  • down syndrome - neurofibromatosis - bloom syndrome - ataxia telangiectasia
99
Q

median survival of stage 4

A
  • 2 years
100
Q

% of bone marrow blasts in AML

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  • >20%
101
Q

CD 14 is which cell?

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  • monocytic