Routine red bone marrow smear in local breed claves at Basrah, Iraq

The Role of Bone Marrow Aspiration and Bone Marrow Biopsy in Diagnosis of Bone Marrow Metastases

Background: Bone marrow is the site of many malignant disorders and it is one of the common places for solid tumors to metastasize. Examination of the bone marrow aspirate and biopsy is a routine procedure performed for assessment of various conditions such as cytopenias, hematologic neoplasms, nonmalignant disorders and metastatic neoplasms. Methods: The patients were referred to the Hema...

Sero-epidemiological study of visceral leishmaniasis in Basrah, Southern Iraq.

OBJECTIVES To study selected epidemiological aspects of visceral leishmaniasis, assess direct agglutination test (DAT) as a diagnostic method and the sero-epidemiological prevalence of the disease among apparently healthy children in Basrah, Iraq. METHODS This prospective study included 146 children suspected of visceral leishmaniasis who were admitted to Basrah Maternity and Children Hospita...

Lung cancer in Basrah, Iraq during 2005-2012

OBJECTIVES To study the incidence rate of lung cancer and its time trend in Basrah during 2005-2012. METHODS This was a cancer registry-based retrospective study including all Basrah inhabitant patients diagnosed with primary lung cancer during the period from January 2005 to December 2012. The crude incidence rate was calculated in addition to the age standardized incidence rate (ASIR)/100,0...

Flow cytometric method for the routine follow-up of red cell populations after bone marrow transplantation

Flow cytometric method for the routine follow-up of red cell populations after bone marrow transplantation.

A simple and sensitive flow cytometric method is presented for the quantitation of erythrocyte subpopulations. Cells were indirectly labelled using human antisera (mostly crude) and fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated anti-human IgG Fab. The method was evaluated by analysing artificial mixtures of blood group antigens A, B, D, E, c, K and Fy(a). Intra-assay coefficients of variation we...