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Fri - May
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THURSDAY, MAY
15, 2014
CONFERENCE
DAY 1
9:00 - 12:00 PM
PLENARY SESSION OPENING
PLENARY SESSION
Chair/Organizer: Charles Eby, Catherine Hayward, Maria
Proytcheva, Piet Meijer
World Forum Theater
9:10 Can MRD Predict the Prognosis of CLL
Paolo Ghia. Universita Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano,
Italy
9:40 Diagnosis and Treatment of DIC
Marcel Levi. Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
10:10Getting Into The Flow: Red Cells Go on a Roll
Annie Viallat. Aix Marseille Université, Aix-en-Provence,
France
10:40Coffee Break.
11:15Berend Houwen Lecture: Classification and Monitoring
of Hematopoietic Neoplasia in the Genetic Era
Brent Wood. University of Washington, Seattle, WA,
United States
12:15 - 1:45 PM
WORKSHOP
ABBOTT LUNCHEON WORKSHOP
Yangtze 1 & 2
Engineering the Future: Importance of Human Factors
in Platform Development
Richard KENDALL . Abbott Laboratories (Hematology),
California, USA
Diamonds in the Rough - Mining Big Data for Novel
Biomarkers
Wouter W van SOLINGE. University Medical Center,
Utrecht, The Netherlands
CELLAVISION LUNCHEON WORKSHOP
Onyx
Get Your RBC’s in Shape; Using a New and Innovative
Digital Cell Morphology Software From CellaVision.
2:00 - 3:30 PM
CONCURRENT
SESSION
CONCURRENT 1: ADVANCES IN MOLECULAR
DIAGNOSTICS IN HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS - LESSONS
LEARNED
Chair/Organizer: Albert Huisman, John Frater
World Forum Theater
2:00 Molecular Diagnosis of Porphyrias
Robert Desnick. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New
York, NY, United States
2:30 Molecular Diagnosis of AML/Next Generation
Sequencing
David Grimwade. King's College London, London, United
Kingdom
3:00 Molecular Pathogenesis of AML - Epigenetic
Considerations
Ruud Delwel. Institute of Hematology, Erasmus University,
Rotterdam, Netherlands
CONCURRENT 2: DIRECT ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS
Chair/Organizer: Charles Eby, Piet Meijer
Mississippi
2:00 Clinical Aspects of the Treatment With DOACs
Trevor Baglin. Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United
Kingdom
2:30 Laboratory Testing for DOACs and Test Interferences
Helen Mani. University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
3:00 Clinical Cases and Laboratory Testing DOACs
Charles Eby. Washington University, St. Louis, MO, United
States
CONCURRENT 3: UPDATES IN POC HEMATOLOGY
Chair/Organizer: Carol Briggs, Linda Sandhaus
Amazon
2:00 New CBC POC Devices
Carol D'Souza. Westminster University, London, United
Kingdom
2:30 Ensuring Patient Safety Through Innovative Training
for Point Of Care
Simon Kimber. School of Healthcare Science, Manchester
Metropolitan University United Kingdom
3:00 Point of Care Testing at the Community Level in
Eastern Africa
Jane Carter. African Medical and Research Foundation,
Nairobi, Kenya
3:30 - 4:00 PM
BREAK
BREAK
Atlantic
4:00 - 4:45 PM
PLENARY SESSION SPECIAL
PLENARY
Chair/Organizer: Albert Huisman
World Forum Theater
4:00 Stem Cells in Hematologic Disease
Hans Clevers. Hubrecht Institute, University Medical
Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands & Royal Netherlands
Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands
4:45 - 6:30 PM
POSTER
EXHIBITOR'S RECEPTION/ POSTER SESSION I
Atlantic
Comparison of nucleated red blood cell counts on XE5000 and XN-1000 against automated microscopy and
flow cytometry..
HOWELL-JOLLY BODY-LIKE
INCLUSIONS IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD NEUTROPHIL
IMAGES IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENTS
Valentín Ortiz, Laura Bigorra, Rodrigo Santacruz, Anna
Merino. Hemotherapy-Hemostasis Department. CDB.
Hospital Clinic., Barcelona Spain
HEMOGLOBIN AND CELL BLOOD COUNTS:
PROGNOSTIC VALUE IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC
LEUKEMIA PATIENTS AT DIAGNOSIS
Rodrigo Santacruz1, Julio Delgado2, Anna
Merino1. 1Hemotherapy-Hemostasis Department. CDB.
Hospital Clinic., Barcelona Spain, 2Clinical Hematology
Service. ICMHO. Hospital Clínic, Barcelona Spain
Molecular characterization of B-thalassemia in Egypt
ahmed abdelneam1, Khalda Said2, Mona Fayez1, Ghada
Elkamah3. 1Molecular Genetic and Enzymology
department ,Human Genetic and Genome Research
Division, National Research Center, cairo,
Egypt, 2Molecular Genetic and Medicine department
,Human Genetic and Genome Research Division, National
Research Center, Cairo, Egypt, 3Clinical Genetic
department ,Human Genetic and Genome Research
Division, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
Clinical Significance of Co-expression of Aberrant
Antigens in Acute Leukemia: a retrospective cohort
study in Makah Al Mukaramah.
NAHLA ABDULATEEF1,2, MANAR ISMAIL2,3, HANADI
ALJEDANI4.1Hematopathology Associate Consultant in
laboratory and blood bank department, King Abdullah
Medical city, Makkah , Saudi Arabia, 2Associate professor
in clinical pathology department, National Cancer Institute,
Cairo University , Cairo, Egypt, 3Associate professor in
laboratory medicine department, faculty of applied medical
science, Um Al Qura University, Makkah, Saudi
Arabia, 4Assistant consultant of Hematopathology and
blood bank department, King Abdullah Medical city,
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Sensitivity of Individual and Mini-Pool Nucleic Acid
Testing Assessed By Dilution of Hepatitis B NAT Yield
Samples
nitin agarwal, kabita chatterjee. All India Institute of
Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
HAEMATOLOGICAL PROFILE OF HOSPITALIZED
PATIENTS INFECTED BY WEST NILE VIRUS
Athanasia Agorasti, Agapi Kotanidou, Eutychia
Nikolakopoulou. General Hospital of Xanthi, Xanthi,
Greece
Importance of Educational Activities in Reducing Nonconforming Laboratory Samples as a Quality Initiative
Hamed Al Ghaithi, Anil Pathare, Rodrigo Vilacirasis, Salam
Alkindi . Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
Rapid identification of two common δ-globin
mutations: Hb A2' and Hb A2-Yialousa using high
resolution melting analysis
Shoaib AL ZADJALI1, Salam Alkindi2, Arwa Z. Al Riyami1,
Anil Pathare1, Mohammed AL Rawahi2, Shahina
Daar2. 1Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat,
Oman, 2Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Evaluation of coagulation status in north Indian
healthy volunteers using thromboelastography and
conventional methods
Venencia Albert1, Arulselvi Subramanian1, Renu Saxena2,
Deepak Agrawal3, Ravindra Mohan Pandey4. 1Department
of Laboratory Medicine, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex
Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India, 2Department of
Haematology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India, 3Department of
Neurosurgery, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre,
AIIMS, New Delhi, India, 4Department of Biostatistics,
AIIMS, New Delhi, India
A NEW STRATEGY FOR AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION
OF ATYPICAL LYMPHOID CELLS FROM PERIPHERAL
BLOOD CELLS IMAGES
Santiago Alférez1, Anna Merino2, Laura Bigorra2, Luis E
Mujica1, Magda Ruiz1, Jose Rodellar1. 1Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona
Spain, 2Hemotherapy-Hemostasis Department. CDB.
Hospital Clínic, Barcelona Spain
Immediate fixation of treated blood samples enables
flow cytometric measurement of platelet aggregation
and platelet-leucocyte conjugate formation in small
volumes of blood.
Mohammad Algahtani, Natalia Dovlatova, Jane May, Stan
Heptinstall , Sue Fox.University Of Nottingham ,
Nottingham , United Kingdom
Non classical monocytes analysis in B-cell chronic
disorders using multiparametric flow cytometry and
HematoFlowTM.
Kaoutar Allou1, Marie Christine Béné2, Jean Philippe Vial1,
Francis Lacombe1. 1CHU Bordeaux, BORDEAUX,
France, 2CHU Nantes, Nantes, France
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HAEMOGLOBIN
GENOTYPES AND RED CELL INDICES AMONG
APPARENTLY HEALTHY BLOOD DONORS
GLORIA AMEGATCHER1, RABI MUSA2, RANSFORD
KYEREMEH2. 1KNUST, ACCRA, Ghana, 2UNIVERSITY
OF GHANA, ACCRA Ghana, 3UNIVERSITY OF GHANA,
ACCRA Ghana
epidemiological,clinical and biological characteristics
of B-thalassemia in northwest of Algeria
moueden amine1, benlaledj driss1, beras khalida1, homane
wassila1, moulasserdoun khedidja1, rahal chakib1, seghier
fatima1. 1the hemobiology service CHUO, Oran,
Algeria, 2the hemobiology service CHUO, Oran,
Algeria, 3the hemobiology service CHUO, Oran,
Algeria, 4the hemobiology service CHUO, Oran,
Algeria, 5the hemobiology service CHUO, Oran,
Algeria, 6the hemobiology service CHUO, Oran,
Algeria, 7the hemobiology service CHUO, Oran, Algeria
Diagnostic performance of the variant lymphocyte by
Beckman Coulter LH780 hematology analyzer in
hemorrhagic fever patients.
Yupin Aniwatangkoora1, Supattra Mungkalachaiya2,
Surintorn Sornsriya3, Nattaya Sae- ung1, Yossombat
Changtrakul4. 1Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences,
Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 2Taksin
Hospital, Medical Service Department, Bangkok,
Thailand, 3Somdet Phrayupharacha Dansai Hospital, Loei,
Thailand, 4Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon
Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Impact of Wilms tumor 1 (WT1)gene mutations inpatient with cytogenetically normal acute myeloid
leukemia
.Salah Aref, Solafa El Sharawy, Mohamed Sabry, Emaad
Azmy, Tawfik Al Khodary.Mansoura University, Mansoura,
Egypt
Detection of Minimal Residual Disease by Flow
Cytometry in Acute Leukemia. A Challenge for
Standardization and Interpretation.
NYDIA STRACHMAN BACAL1,2, LAIZ CAMEIRÃO
BENTO1, ANA CAROLINA APELLE BORTOLUCCI1,
SONIA TSUKASA NOZAWA1, DANIELA SCHIMIDELL1,
RODOLFO PATUSSI CORREIA1. 1ALBERT EINSTEIN
HOSPITAL, SAO PAULO, Brazil, 2CENTRO DE
HEMATOLOGIA DE SÃO PAULO, SÃO PAULO, Brazil
IKZF1 (IKAROS) deletions as a marker of minimal
residual disease for patients with acute leukemia
Ildar Barkhatov, Maria Zagrivnaja, Ludmila Zubarovskaya,
Boris Afanasyev. Pavlov First State Medical University,
St.Petersburg, Russia
The Ratio Absolute Reticulocytes Count/ Immature
Reticulocyte Fraction, a Very Useful Tool in the
Screening of Hereditary Spherocytosis
Rogerio Barreira, Patricia Ferreira, Joana Rita Pinheiro,
Ana Teresa Simões, Ana Cristina Oliveira, Salvado
Ramon, Jose Carlos Almeida, Maria Leticia
Ribeiro. Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de CoimbraCHUC, Coimbra, Portugal
Blood circulating atypical lymphocytes detection and
enumeration using the Cytodiff©monoclonal antibodies
panel on HematoFlow®platform.
Ingrid Beukinga, Jonathan Brauner, Hazar Lahlou,
Dominique Penninck, Zaïna Kassengera, Olivier
Pradier. ULB-Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
SLIDE REVIEW CRITERIA ON THE SYSMEX XN1000 IN
A PRIVATE LABORATORY IN MUMBAI, INDIA
MILIND BHIDE, HARSHALA KULKARNI, MADHUKAR
BHIDE, DEEPALI SURYAVANSHI. BHIDE LABORATORY
SERVICES, MUMBAI, India
Laboratory reporting of peripheral blood counts in
Italy and Evidence Based Medicine
Bruno Biasioli, Caterina Maconi, Piero Cappelletti, Anna
Maria Cenci, Valentino Miconi, Paolo Doretto, Barbara
Casolari, Cristina Feruglio. Hematology Working Group
(GdS-E) of Italian Society of Laboratory Medicine (SIMeL),
Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
Alterations platelet function in gestational diabetes
Volha Bichan1, Zoya Zabarovskaya2. 1Belarusian State
University, Minsk, Belarus, 2Belarusian State Medical
University, Minsk, Belarus
Study of few cytokines genes polymorphism and
evolution after HSCT
DENISA BRATU1,2, ILEANA CONSTANTINESCU1,2, ANA
MOISE1,2. 1CLINICAL INSTITUTE FUNDENI,
BUCHAREST, Rumania, 2UMF,,CAROL DAVILLA,,,
BUCHAREST, Rumania
Blasts count with HematoFlow platform: 3 years’
experience in a middle-sized academic hospital.
Jonathan Brauner, Ingrid Beukinga, Massimo Camaiani,
Hazar Lahlou, Zaïna Kassengera, Olivier
Pradier. Laboratory of Hematology, ULB-Hôpital Erasme,
Brussels, Belgium
Is laboratory validation of peripheral blood cell counts
in Italy evidence-based?
Piero Cappelletti, Bruno Biasioli, Valentino Miconi, Anna
Maria Cenci, Mauro Buttarello, Elisa Piva, Fabrizio Papa,
Marco Moretti. Hematology Working Group (GdS-E) of
Italian Society of Laboratory Medicine (SIMeL),
Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
Validation of the cutoff values of the mean corpuscular
volume and mean corpuscular hemoglobin on four
automated analyzers for thalassemia screening
Chaninthorn Chaitripop1, Kanokwan Sanchaisuriya2,
Sakoun Inthavong3, Supan Fucharoen2, Goonnapa
Fucharoen2, Yossombut Changtrakul4, Pattara
Sanchaisuriya5. 1Medical Science Program, Graduate
School, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen,
Thailand, 2Centre for Research and Development of
Medical Diagnostic Laboratories (CMDL), Faculty of
Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon
Kaen, Thailand, 3Bureau of Nutrition, Ministry of Health,
Vientiane, Laos, 4Clinical Microscopy unit, Srinagarind
Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon
Kaen, Thailand, 5Department of Nutrition Faculty of Public
Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Concomitant monoclonal gammopathy of unknown
significance (MGUS) in newly diagnosed
myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia
(MDS/AML)
Mingyi Chen1, Hanh La2, Mehrdad Abedi 2. 1Depatment of
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UC Davis Medical
Center, Sacramento, CA, United States, 2Division of
Hematology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA,
United States
The lupus anticoagulant results from 1100 patients
attending a high-risk pregnancy clinic
Hee-Jung Chung1, Sun-Hee Kim1, Kyung-Sook Kang1,
Hyun-Sook Kim1, Sung-Hee Lee2, So-Young Kim3. 1Cheil
General Hospital & Women's Healthc, Seoul, South
Korea, 2Hanmaeum Hospital, Jeju, South Korea, 3St.
Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul,
South Korea
The Hematology Laboratory in blood doping (BD):
2014 update on the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP)
Giuseppe d'ONOFRIO1, Gina ZINI1, Neil ROBINSON2,
Yorck Olaf SCHUMACHER3.1Catholic University, Rome,
Italy, 2Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses, Lausanne,
Switzerland, 3Aspetar Hospital, Doha, Qatar
Polymorphisms in the ABO blood group gene in West
Algerian population
Tahria Deba1, Leila Adda Neggaz2, Asmahan Bekada3,
Naima Meroufel2, Fatima Seghier1, Sonia Mediene
Benchekor3, Soraya Benhamamouch3. 1Faculté de
Médecine, Université d’Oran,, Oran, Algeria, 2Département
de Génétique Moléculaire Appliquée, Faculté des
Sciences, Université des Sciences et de Technologie
Mohamed Boudiaf, Oran, , Oran, Algeria, 3Département de
Biotechnologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la
Vie, Université d’Oran, Oran, Algeria, 4Département de
Génétique Moléculaire Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences,
Université des Sciences et de Technologie Mohamed
Boudiaf, Oran, Oran, Algeria, 5Faculté de Médecine,
Université d’Oran, Oran, Algeria, 6Département de
Biotechnologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la
Vie, Université d’Oran, Oran, Algeria, 7Département de
Biotechnologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la
Vie, Université d’Oran, Oran, Algeria
Evaluation of bone marrow involvement in systemic
mastocytosis by high-sensitive flow cytometric
immunophenotyping.
Elke Del Biondo, Peter Vandenberghe, Barbara Dewaele,
Anne-Marie Kochuyt, Nancy Boeckx. UZ Leuven, Leuven,
Belgium
Comparison between N-Latex and Freelite assays for
measuring free light chains in a clinical hematology
laboratory.
Yael Deutsher-Chertkow1, Efrat Marsh1, Eti Shem-Tov2,
Ninette Amariglio 2, Clara Henig3, Noa Lavi4, Galit
Sarig1. 1Hematology Laboratory, Rambam Health Care
Campus, Haifa, Israel, 2Hematology Laboratory, Chaim
Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, 3Haifa and
Western Galilee Laboratory, Clalit Health Services,
Nesher, Israel, 4Department of Hematology and Bone
Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Health Care Campus,
Haifa, Israel
EFFECT OF BLOOD STORAGE ON OSMOTIC
FRAGILITY
Diweni Dick, Teddy Adias, Andrew Etima, Victor Ideede,
Ayibatonye Orutugu, Idaye Reuben, Mercy Igoni, Christian
Atiegha. Bayelsa State College of Health Tech., Yenagoa,
Nigeria
Case Study : Beta Thalassaemia Major with an
underlying Apolipoprotein A5 mutation.
Marco DiGirolamo, George Hero. Women's and Children's
Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia
Fine needle aspiration as a diagnostic technique in Bcell Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: the usefulness of
combining cytomorphology with flow cytometric
immunophenotyping and FISH analysis
Hanaa Donia, Maged Mikhail, Nahla Farahat, Ashraf
Elghandour, Amani Sorour.Faculty of Medicine,
Alexandria, Egypt
DEVELOPING A FLOW CYTOMETRIC METHOD FOR
DETERMINING THE MUTATIONAL STATUS OF
NUCLEOPHOSMIN (NPM1) IN ACUTE MYELOID
LEUKAEMIA (AML)
Louis Du Pisani, Karen Shires. National Health Laboratory
Service, Cape Town, South Africa
COAGULATION STATE IN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY IN
TYPE 2 DIABETIC SUDANESE PATIENTS
Manal Eltahir1, Maria Satti2. 1University of science&
technology, Kharoum, Sudan, 2university of Khartoum,
Khartoum, Sudan
What is the Aetiology of Megakaryocytic Hyperplasia
in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms?
Wendy Erber1,2, Kathy Heel1, Ayesha Arshad1, Jacques
Malherbe1, Katie Meehan1, Sara Hall1,2. 1University of
Western Australia, Nedlands W.A., Australia, 2PathWest ,
Nedlands W.A. Australia
UF-1000i: validation of the body fluid mode for
counting cells in body fluids
Chérina Fleming1, Rob Brouwer1, Ardriaan van Alphen2,
Jan Lindemans1, Robert de Jonge1. 1Erasmus MC,
University Medical Center, Rotterdam,
Netherlands, 2Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Differentiation of Hb E-dbo-thalassemia and Hb E-bothalassemia by Hb-analysis using capillary
electrophoresis
Supan Fucharoen1, Nattaphol Prakobkaew1,2, Goonnapa
Fucharoen1. 1Khon Kaen University, Faculty of Associated
Medical Sciences, Centre For Research And Development
Of Medical Laboratories, Muang, Thailand, 2Khon Kaen
University, Graduate School, Muang, Thailand
Nuclear Telomere Architecture as a Biomarker of
Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Acute Myeloid
Leukemias
Macoura Gadji1,2, Prerana Rodrigues1, Sabine
Mai1. 1Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD) /
National Centre of Blood Transfusion (CNTS) of Senegal,
Dakar, Senegal, 2Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology
(MICB)/CancerCare Manitoba (CCMB)/ University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
DETECTION OF MALARIAL PARASITE USING VCS
TECHNOLOGY OF BECKMANN COULTER
KOMAL GALANI1, SHASHIKANT MAHADIK2, VIJAYA
GADAGE3, NILESH DESHPANDE4, PG SUBRAMANIAN5,
SUMEET GUJRAL6. 1TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,
MUMBAI, India, 2TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MUMBAI,
India, 3TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MUMBAI,
India, 4TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MUMBAI,
India, 5TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MUMBAI,
India, 6TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MUMBAI, India
Validation of the Cytognos Small Sample Tube (SST)
for Flow Cytometric Evaluation of Paucicellular
Clinical Specimens
Peter Gambell1, Vuong Nguyen1, David
Westerman1,2. 1Peter Maccallum Cancer Centre, East
Melbourne, Australia, 2University of Melbourne, Parkville,
Australia
ABT-737 induces a distinct phenotype of apoptotic
platelets lacking pro-inflammatory potentials
Mehran Ghasemzadeh1, Ehteramolsadat Hosseini1, Shaun
Jackson2. 1Blood Transfusion Research Center, High
Institute for Education and Research in Transfusion
Medicine, Tehran, Iran, 2Australian Centre for Blood
Diseases, Monash University , Melbourne, Australia
The Role of High von Willebrand Factor and Low
ADAMTS13 Antigens Levels in the Risk of Venous
Thromboembolism
Christiane Gouvea, Sandra Matsuda, Rodrigo Vaez,
Patricia Pinheiro, Maria Aparecida Noguti, Dayse
Lourenço, Vania Morelli. Federal University of São Paulo,
São Paulo, Brazil
BRAF V600E : Single Mutation key to Hairy Cell
Leukaemia Standarization of Allele specific PCR for
detection of BRAF V600E in a Tertiary Care
Haematology Center in India
Dr.Monali Gupta, Chanchal Das, Sambhunath Banerjee,
Subhajit Brahma, Saurav Sharma Choudhary, Dr.Saurabh
Bhave, Dr.Anupam Chakrapani, Dr.Mayur Parihar, Dr.D.K.
Mishra, Dr.Reena Nair, Dr.Mammen Chandy. Tata Medical
Centre, Kolkata, India
The Spanish web-based external quality assessment
scheme in cytogenetic of haematological
malignancies: Five years experience.
Gabriela Gutierrez1,2, Dolors Costa1,2,3, Blanca Espinet3,
Joan Carles Reverter1,2.1Hospital Clínic, Barcelona,
Spain, 2Standardization Committee. Spanish Society of
Hematology and Hemotherapy Spain, 3Spanish
Cooperative Group for Hematological Cytogenetics Spain
Inhibitory Effects of Fish Oil on Platelet-associated
Thrombin Generation as Measured by the Calibrated
Automated Thrombogram: an in vitro study.
Jack Harbert, Kelly Pagano, Denae Heartfield, Michael
Ero. Machaon Diagnostics, Oakland, CA, United States
Blood is thicker than water.
Max Hardeman. Academic Medical Center, Haarlem,
Netherlands
Primary prevention of Hemoglobinopathies by prenatal
diagnosis and selective pregnancy termination in a
Muslim country: Oman
Suha Hassan1,2, Egbert Bakker1, Cornelis Harteveld1,
Piero Giordano1.1Hemoglobinopathies Laboratory, dept. of
Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center,
Leiden, Netherlands, 2Molecular Genetic Laboratory,
National Genetics Centre, Muscat, Oman
An explorative study towards rapid phenotype
hemoglobin screening by high resolution mass
spectrometry on intact proteins in whole blood.
F. Helmich1,2, J.L.J. van Dongen2, H.L. Vader1,2, L.
Brunsveld2, P.H.M. Kuijper1.1Máxima Medisch Centrum,
Veldhoven, Netherlands, 2Eindhoven University of
Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Validation of age-related reference ranges for serum
thymidine kinase activity in chronic lymphocytic
leukemia and its comparison to other prognostic
markers
Zsuzsanna Hevessy, Eszter Szánthó, Péter AntalSzalmás, Anikó Újfalusi, János Kappelmayer, Harjit Pal
Bhattoa. University of Debrecen, Department of Laboratory
Medicine, Debrecen, Hungary
Thrombophilia Screening as part of Preventive
Medicine, a one center experience
Etab Higazi1,2, Ophir Avizohar1, Lisa Rubin2, Manfred
Green2, Benjamin Brenner1, Galit Sarig1. 1Rambam Health
Care Campus, Haifa, Israel, 2School of Public Health,
Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
The association between HLA-E polymorphisms and
NK cell modulate hematopoietic stem cell transplant
outcome
ehteram hosseini1, Mehran Ghasemzadeh1, Anthony
Schwarer2. 1Blood Transfusion Research Center, tehran,
Iran, 2Department of Immunology, Monash University,
Melbourne, VIC, Australia Australia
A Comparison of Two Polymerase Chain ReactionBased Assays of Clonal Immunoglobulin Gene
and TCF3-PBX1 Transcripts in the Detection of
Minimal Residual Disease in t(1;19) Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Ying-Jung Huang1, Lee-Yung Shih1,2, Der-Cherng Liang3,
Tang-Her Jaing4, Chih-Cheng Hsiao5, Yu-Hui Huang2,
Chang-Liang Lai1, Chia-Hui Chang1. 1Chang Gung
Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 2Chang
Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 3Mackay Memorial
Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, 4Chang Gung Children’s
Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 5Chang Gung Children’s
Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Meningioma 1 (MN1) expression: Refined Risk
Stratification in acute myeloid leukemia with normal
cytogenetics
lamya Ibrahiem1, Salah Aref2, Emad Azmy3. 1Mansoura
faculty of medcine, Mansoura, Egypt, 2Mansoura faculty of
medicine, mansoura, Egypt, 3Mansoura faculty of
medicine, mansoura, Egypt
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
among children attending the Emergency Paediatric
Unit of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching
Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria
Isaac Isah1, Abdullahi Mainasara1, Osaro Erhabor1, Samni
Omojuyigbe1, Mohammad Dallatu1, Teddy
Adias2. 1Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto,
Nigeria, 2Bayelsa State College of Health Technology,
Ogbia, Nigeria. , Nigeria
Comparison of hemoglobin on RapidPoint 500 blood
gas analyser (Siemens) to XE-5000 cell counter
(Sysmex).
Julie Jacobs, Monique d’Hondt, Anissa Meskal , Sigrid
Vermeiren, Steven Weekx, Kristien Ver Elst. GZA
hospitals, Antwerp, Belgium
The co inheritance of Alpha thalassemia with beta
thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies among people
referred to Shafa hospital in Ahwaz
Mohammad Ali Jalali Far1, Hossein Hosseini2, Najmaldin
Saki1, Hamid Galehdari1,3, Mahdieh Nasirshalal2, Amal
Saki1. 1Health research institute, Research Center of
Thalassemia & Hemoglobinopathy, Ahvaz, Iran, 2Student
Research Committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of
Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran, 3Genetic Department of
Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
Comparison of automated blood cell counts between
Advia 120 and Sysmex XT 4000 i in breast cancer
patients and healthy controls
Faongchat Jarintanan1, Salin Sirudompas2, Kanlaya
Sukchaisri2, Putza Chonsawat3, Weerawat
Liemmanee4. 1Medical Technology, Rangsit University,
Pathum Thani , Thailand, 2Mahavajilalongkorn Thayaburi
Hospital, Pathum Thani , Thailand, 3Hospital for Tropical
Disease, Bangkok, Thailand, 4Mathmatics Department,
Rangsit University, Pathum Thani , Thailand
Molecular Basis of Alpha Thalassemia among Qatari
children and Adolescents
Madeeha Kamal1,2, Shatha Abu-Ssirriya1, Aseel AbuDayya2, Ramin Badii1, Alia Amer1, Marina Kleanthous3. 11
Hamad medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, 22 WeillCornell-Medical School , Doha, Qatar, 33 Cyprus Institute
of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus, Cyprus
What is the difference between APTTand PT test in
high hematocrit? - Study using a high hematocrit
value modelMasaaki Kanahara1, Tadao Nakano1, Ryouji Katoh1, Hisao
Ikeda2. 1Department of Medical Laboratory Science,
Faculty of Health Sciences, Junshin Gakuen University,
Fukuoka, Japan, 2Department of Cardiology, Kurume
University Medical Center, Kurume, Japan
Flow cytometric detection of rare events in
myelodysplastic syndromes
Bettina Kárai1, Judit Bedekovics2, Gábor Méhes2, János
Kappelmayer1, Zsuzsanna Hevessy1. 1University of
Debrecen, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Debrecen,
Hungary, 2University of Debrecen, Department of
Pathology, Debrecen, Hungary
Diagnostic assistance of complete blood counts and
peripheral blood film in diagnosing dengue fever in
under resourced laboratories
Sehar Khaliq, Lubna Zafar. Fauji foundation hospital,
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Hepatosplenic Gamma Delta T- Cell Lymphoma :
Clinicopathological features with flow cytometric and
cytogenetic evaluation of a series of 23 patients with
clinical outcome
Afshan Khan1, Pratibha Kadam Amare2, PG
Subramanian3, Nikhil Patkar3, Prashant Tembhare3,
Shraddha Nikhalge2, Sitaram Goghale3, Ashok Kumar3,
Badrinath Y3, Tanuja Shet1, Epari Sridhar1, Shripad
Banavali4, Brijesh Aurora4, Hari Menon5, Manju Sengar5,
Sumeet Gujral1. 1Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial
Hospital, Mumbai, India, 2Department of Cytogenetics,
Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India, 3Haematopatholgy
Laboratory, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai,
India, 4Department of Paediatric Oncology, Tata Memorial
Hospital, Mumbai, India, 5Department of Medical
Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
Prenatal diagnosis of Beta thalassemia: A preventive
strategy in a developing country
saleem khan. armed forces institute of pathology,
rawalpindi, Pakistan
RDW-CV, IG count and Mo-X obtained from New
Automatic Hematology Analyzer Sysmex XN-2000
provide Useful Information for Diagnosis and
Prognosis of DIC
Bo Hyun Kim, Chan-Jeoung Park, Mi-Jeong Kim, MinYoung Han, Young Jin Kim, Sang Hyuk Park, Young-Uk
Cho, Seongsoo Jang, Hyun-Sook Chi Chi. Asan Medical
Center, Seoul, South Korea
Evaluation of Sysmex XN-2000 and XE-2100 in
umbilical cord blood
Hanah Kim1, Mina Hur1, Sang-Gyeu Choi1, Hee-Won
Moon1, Yeo-Min Yun1, Han Sung Hwang2, Han Sung
Kwon2, In Sook Sohn2. 1Departments of Laboratory
Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul,
Korea, 2Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
The analysis of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in
cancer patients with neutropenia to evaluate the effect
of granulocyte colony stimulation factor
Sun Hyung Kim1, Young Ree Kim1, Sung Ha Kang1,
Sanghoon Han2. 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jeju
National University School of Medicine and Jeju National
University Hospital, Jeju, Korea, 2Department of Internal
Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine and
Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju, Korea
Therapy-related myeloid neoplasm with a
t(5;14)(q33;q32) and PDGFRB rearrangement after
treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia
Eunha Koh1, Hungu Kim2. 1Department of Laboratory
Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of
Medicine, Jinju, South Korea, 2Department of Internal
Medicine Gyeongsang National University School of
Medicine, Jinju, South Korea
LONGITUDINAL EVALUATION OF HEMATOLOGICAL
VALUES OBATAINED WITH REFERENCE
AUTOMATED HEMATOLOGY ANALYZERS OF SIX
MANUFACTURERES (2013)
Hiroshi Kondo1, Yohko Kawai1, Kazuto Tsuruda1,
Toshiyuki Ikemoto1, Atsushi Shirakami1, Yutaka Nagai1,
Yasunori Kondo1, Mariko Banzai1, Hisataka Ikeda1, Yoko
Sugiyama1, Osamu Yonekawa2. 1Blood Cell Count
Standardization Subcommittee, Japanese Society for
Laboratory Hematology, Tokyo, Japan, 2Japanese Society
for Laboratory Hematology, Tokyo, Japan
Mean Platelet Volume and Mean Neutrophillic Volume
as predictors of the presence and severity of Diabetes
Mellitus
Praveen Kr, Aashish Gupta, Parul Arora, Subhadra
Sharma, Asok Mukhopadhyay. All India Institute Of
Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
No need for microscopy or flow cytometry to quantify
myelemia in daily haematology laboratory practice.
Hazar Lahlou, Ingrid Beukinga, Zaïna Kassengera,
Dominique Penninck, Jonathan Brauner, Olivier
Pradier. ULB-Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
Evaluation of a novel Sysmex, cap-piercing, multiwavelength, haemostasis analyser
Phil Lane, Andrew Lawrie, Ian Mackie, Sam
Machin. Haemostasis Research Unit, University College
London, London, United Kingdom
Platelet and MegakaryocyteMorphology: A Diagnostic
Aid for Inherited Thrombocytopenias:
Véronique Latger-Cannard1, Sue Mead2, Odile
Fenneteau3, Paquita Nurden4, Thomas
Lecompte5. 1Service d’Hématologie Biologique, Chu,
Nancy, France, 2Siemens Diagnostics, Reading, United
Kingdom, 3Hôpital Robert-Debré, Paris, France, 4Hôpital la
Timone, Marseille, France, 5Hematology Division, HUG,
Genève, Switzerland
New generation ektacytometry for hereditary
spherocytosis diagnosis: a six month experience
Elena Lazarova1,2, Frédéric Cotton1, Béatrice
Gulbis1. 1Erasme Hospital, Department of Clinical
Chemistry , Brussels, Belgium, 2Erasme Hospital,
Laboratory of Haematology and Transfusion, Brussels,
Belgium
Overexpressed let-7a-3 is associated with poor
outcome in acute myeloid leukemia
Jiang Lin, Jun Qian, Yun Li, Jing Yang, Wei Qian, Dongming Yao, Zhao-qun Deng, Qing Liu, Xing-xing Chen,
Dong Xie, Cui An, Chun-yan Tang. Affiliated People’s
Hospital of Jiangsu , Zhenjiang, China
Results From A Standardized Method For Counting
Reticulated Platelets In 'Apparently Disease-free'
Subjects From 3 International Sites
Nigel LLEWELLYN-SMITH1, Benjamin HEDLEY2, Stephen
LANG3, Neil MacNAMARA3, David ROSENFELD3, Michael
KEENEY2. 1Abbott Diagnostics, Santa Clara, CA, United
States, 2London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON,
Canada, 3Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, Australia
Inferring APTT results from biphasic coagulation
curves in Sysmex coagulation analyzers
H.M. Loovers1, K. Bakhtiari2, R. Mulder1, J.H. Nijland1,
M.V. Lukens1, A.B. Mulder1, L.J. van Pelt1. 1Dept. of
Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Centre,
Groningen, Netherlands, 2Dept of experimental vascular
medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Bernard-Soulier Syndrome due to a novel
homozygous 23-base pair deletion in a native Costa
Rican population.
Jorge Lopez 1, Walter Cartin1, Marta Navarrete 2, Reinhard
Schneppenheim 3.1Specialized Studies and Research
Laboratory, National Children´s Hospital, San José , Costa
Rica, 2Department of Hematology, National Children´s
Hospital, San José, Costa Rica, 3University Medical Center
Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg , Germany
Enumeration of schistocytes using the DM-96
automated microscope
Thomas Maenhout1, Ludo Marcelis1. 1UZ Gent, Gent,
Belgium, 2AZ Delta Hospital, Roeselare, Belgium
Comparison of immature granulocyte count by the XN
series and by microscopic differentiation using DM-96.
Thomas Maenhout1, Ludo Marcelis2. 1UZ Gent, Gent,
Belgium, 2AZ Delta Hospital, Roeselare, Belgium
Why does the Iranian national program of screening
newborns for G6PD enzyme deficiency miss a large
number of affected infants?
Mohammad Reza Mahdavi1, Mehrnoush Kosaryan1,
Hossein Jalali1, Payam Roshan2.1Mazandaran University
of Medical Science, Sari, Iran, 2Fajr Medical Laboratory,
Sari, Iran Iran
CONTRIBUTION OF THE PERIPHERAL BLOOD (PB)
CELL IMAGES OBTAINED IN THE CELLAVISION DM96
TO THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES DETECTION
SERRANDO MAITE1, TEJERINA PATRICIA1, MARULL
ANNA1, MERINO ANNA2.1Clinical Laboratory, Hospital
Josep Trueta, GIRONA, Spain, 2HaemotherapyHemostasis Service, Hospital Clínic, BARCELONA, Spain
Somatic mosaicism causing PK deficiency identified
by Next Generation Sequencing: implications for
genetic counseling
María del Mar Mañú Pereira1, Eva González Roca2,
Richard van Wijk3, Hans van Amstel4, Laura Montllor1,
Julián Sevilla Navarro5, Juan Lluis Vives Corrons1. 1Red
cell pathology Unit Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona,
Spain, 2Department of Immunology Hospital Clínic of
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 3Department of Clinical
Chemistry and Haematology, University Medical Center
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 4Department of Medical
Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht,
Netherlands, 5Red cell pathology Unit Hospital Clínic of
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 6Hospital Infantil
Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain, 7Red cell
pathology Unit Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona,
Spain
Method Comparison and clinical assessment of
biological fluid mode (BF) on the XN-1000 vs XE5000 Sysmex analyzers.
Miriam Martínez-Villanueva, Elena Lozoya-Angulo, Ana
Martínez-López de Ca, Jose Antonio NogueraVelasco. Clinical Laboratoy Service, Clinical Universitary
Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, Murcia,
Spain
Appointing cross-reactivity of both old and new anticoagulation medication on the Sysmex CS2100i
Pamela McLaughlin, Marieke Hulsenbos, Jan W Smit, Rob
Oude Elferink. Certe locatie Martiniziekhuis, Groningen,
Netherlands
PERIPHERAL BLOOD PROGENITOR MONONUCLEAR
CELL COUNT IN APHERESIS PRODUCT BY TWO
METHODS: PRELIMINARY DATA
Teresa Molero, Melania Moreno, Angelina Lemes, Carlos
Rodriguez, Jezabel López, Luisa Guerra. Hospital
Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las Palmas de
Gran Canaria,, Spain
HEREDITARY DEFICIENCY OF PYRUVATEKINASE
(PKLR) ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC HAEMOLYSIS.
CONTRIBUTION OF PKLR GENE SEQUENCING TO
DIAGNOSIS IN CASES OF HIGH RETICULOCYTOSIS
Laura Montllor, María del Mar Mañú Pereira, Pilar Goméz,
Jessica Abad, Laura Olaya, Juan LLuis Vives
Corrons. Red Cell Pathology Unit. Biomedical Diagnostic
Centre-IDIBAPS. University of Barcelona., Barcelona,
Spain
Assessment of immature platelet fraction and
immature reticulocyte fraction as predictors of
engraftment of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Iuri Vicente Morkis, Mariela Farias, Lisandra Rigoni,
Luciana Scotti, Lauro Gregianin, Liane Daudt, Lucia Silla,
Alessandra Paz. Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre,
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Molecular detection of most internationally reported
mutations in Egyptian Fanconi anemia patients
Rehab Mosaad1, Maha Eid2, Ghada El-Kamah3. 1NRC,
Giza, Egypt, 2NRC, Giza, Egypt, 3NRC, Giza, Egypt
D-DIMER REFERENCE VALUES IN MOROCCAN
PREGNANT WOMEN
MOKAFIH Mounia1, RHOMRI B.1, OUASSISSOU H.2,
ENNACHIT M.2, MIKKO F.2, EL KERROUMI M.2, GHAZLI
M.2, MATAR N.2, OUKKACH B.1. 1Hematology laboratory
Ibn Rochd University Hospital-casablanca, casablanca,
Morocco, 2Department of obstetrics and gynecology, IIbn
Rochd university hospital , Casablanca, Morocco
BCR-ABL fusion transcripts' frequencies in Sudanese
CML patients
AbdelRahim Muddathir1, Anwar Kordofani2, Imad FadlElmula3. 1Alzaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum,
Sudan, 2University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, 3AL
Neelain University Khartoum, Sudan
The challenges of haemoglobinopathy screening in a
multiethnic population
Tracy Murphy, Carrie Van Der Weyden, Rosemary
Farmilo, Karen Boudik, Stephen Lang, David Rosenfeld,
Michael Harvey, Lye Lin Ho, Penny Motum. Department of
Haematology, SSWAPS, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney,
Australia
Toward a reference method for more
accurate reticulocyte counts in blood: Comparison of
proposal flow cytometric methods with the reference
methods specified to the CLSI H26-A2 standard
Yutaka NAGAI1,2, Shigeko Yamamoto2, Yuki Jishage2,
Kazunori Chiba2, Etsuko Ogawa3, Hiroshi
Kondo1. 1Department of Health Science, Daito Bunka
University, Saitama, Japan, 2IVD Technology Center,
Nihon Kohden Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, 3BD Bioscience,
Tokyo, Japan
Performance and Efficiency of CellaVision DM96 for
Review of Peripheral Blood Smears Including Red
Blood Cell Morphology
Megan Nakashima, Terence Doyle, Kathleen PhelanLewin, John Summers, James Bena, Eric Hsi. Cleveland
Clinic , Cleveland , OH, United States
EXCESS WBC LYSIS IN THE WNR CHANNEL OF XN
SERIES (SYSMEX) IS ASSOCIATED WITH
METASTATIC ADENOCARCINOMA
Phuong NGUYEN, Delphine GOBIN, Rong LI, Brigitte
CANTINIEAUX. CHU Saint-Pierre and Institut Jules
Bordet, Bruxelles, Belgium
Molecular and Serological Assay for RH-DEL Blood
Group Variant Detection
Pornlada Nuchnoi, Jairak Thongbus, Virapong
Prachayasittikul. Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
PROTHROMBIN TIME AND ACTIVATED PARTIAL
THROMBIN TIME VALUES AMONG GERIATRIC IN
NATIONAL HOSPITAL ABUJA NIGERIA
Andrew Nuhu1, Amos Dangana2, Ifedayo Ajayi3. 1National
Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria, 2University of Abuja Teaching
Hospital Gwagwalada, Abuja, Nigeria, 3University of Benin
Edo State,Nigeria, Benin, Nigeria
An investigation of the protective effect of alpha+thalassaemia against severe Plasmodium falciparum
amongst children in Kumasi, Ghana
Clement Opoku-Okrah1, Michael Gordge 2, Emmanuel
Kweku Nakua2, Tsiri Agbenyega2, Martin Parry2, Claire
Robertson2, Caroline Smith2. 1Kwame Nkrumah University
of Sci and Tech, Kumasi, Ghana, 2University of
Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Evaluation of the Mindray BC-6800 and BC-3600
automated hematology analyzers for screening of
thalassemia in Southeast Asian populations
Kittiphong Paiboonsukwong1, Pornpan Sirankapracha1,
Nitsara Wapeesitthiphan1, Pornnapa Khampan1, Wichuda
Thamprasert2, Saovaros Svasti1, Pranee Winichagoon1,
Suthat Fucharoen1. 1Thalassemia Research Center,
Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University,
Nakornpathom, Thailand, 2Thalassemia Research Center,
Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University,
Nakornpathom, Thailand, 3Thalassemia Research Center,
Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University,
Nakornpathom, Thailand, 4Thalassemia Research Center,
Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University,
Nakornpathom, Thailand, 5Department of Medicine,
Nakorn Pathom Hospital, Nakornpathom,
Thailand, 6Thalassemia Research Center, Institute of
Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakornpathom,
Thailand, 7Thalassemia Research Center, Institute of
Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakornpathom,
Thailand, 8Thalassemia Research Center, Institute of
Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakornpathom,
Thailand
Platelet indices, a useful tool in the differential
diagnosis of low platelet counts.
Katerina Palla, Nektarios Proukakis, Katerina Zouridi,
Kasiani Tzagaraki. general hospital of chania, chania,
Greece
Sepsis affects most routine and cell population data
(CPD) obtained using the Sysmex XN-2000 blood cell
analyzer: Neutrophil-related CPD NE-SFL and NEWYprovide useful information for detecting sepsis
Sang Hyuk Park, Chan-Jeoung Park, Bo-Ra Lee, Ki-Sun
Nam, Mi-Jeong Kim, Min-Young Han, Young Jin Kim,
Young-Uk Cho, Seongsoo Jang. Department of Laboratory
Medicine, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine and
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Mathematical Model-based Estimation of Red Blood
Cell Clearance Predicts Future Anemia in Patients with
Normal Complete Blood Counts
Harsh Patel1, John M. Higgins1,2. 1Center for Systems
Biology: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA,
United States, 2Department of Systems Biology: Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
Eosinophilia in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center
(VAMC).
Eugene S. Pearlman1, Ashley Porter2, Megan Kempe2,
Judy Layden1. 1VAMC, Memphis, TN, United
States, 2University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center,
Memphis, TN, United States
Linking Testing-to-Clinical Goals – A Risk Stratified
Process Redesign Scheme Towards Improving Manual
Blood Film Review (MBFR) Services in a Large Tertiary
Hospital Laboratory
DAVID PI, MONIKA HUDOBA, JAMES YAKIMEC, TODD
MARKIN, HABIB RAZAVI, ALYM ABDULLA, JINGJIAO
HE. Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
An innovative approach for detecting red blood cell
agglutinations with BC-6800 hematology analyzers
Huan Qi, Zhaoyang Li, Bo Ye, Guanzhen Wang, Jin Li,
Cheng Qian. Mindray Medical International , Shenzhen,
Guangdong, China
Hypomethylation of DDX43promoter predicts a
favorable outcomein acute myeloid leukemia
Jun Qian, Jiang Lin, Qin Chen, Zhao-qun Deng, Wei Qian,
Dong-ming Yao, Ji-chun Ma, Jing Yang, Hai-yan Chai, Yun
Li, Qing Liu, Yu-juan Ma. Affiliated People’s Hospital of
Jiangsu , Zhenjiang, China
The role of immunophenotype and cytogenetics on
survival of primary multiple myeloma cells treated by
arsenic trioxide
Katarina Reberšek, Peter Černelč, Helena
Podgornik. University medical Centre, Ljubljana Slovenia
Inter-laboratory reproducibility of digital blood
morphology
Jurgen Riedl. Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht,
Netherlands
Digital morphology: a proven concept
Jurgen Riedl. Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht,
Netherlands
ALTERATIONS IN HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS
AND ELLIPTOCYTOSIS ANALYZED BY SCANNING
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND RHEOLOGICAL
TECHNIQUES
Bibiana Riquelme1,2, Irma L Acosta2, Susana Perez2, Cintia
Elias2, Martina Avalos1, Angela Milani2. 1Instituto de Física
Rosario, Rosario, Argentina, 2Facultad de Cs. Bioquímicas
y Farmacéuticas, (UNR), Rosario, Argentina
A simple functional assay for Heparin-Induced
Thrombocytopenia testing
Niels Riteco1, Sophie Rochat1, Sophie Lee2, Simon Jones2,
Lorenzo Alberio1, George Chan2,3. 1Department of
Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory,
Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern,
Bern, Switzerland, 2Department of Haematology, Auckland
City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, 3Department of
Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland,
Auckland New Zealand
ECCIC STUDY: STUDY OF UNEXPLAINED
CYTOPENIAS BY CYTOMORPHOLOGY,
CYTOGENETICS AND FLOW CYTOMETRY
Ines Rodríguez-Hernández, Alicia Castillo, José-Tomás
Navarro, Jordi Juncà, Isabel Granada, Sara Vergara,
Minerva Raya, Ester Viñets, Evarist Feliu, Fuensanta
Millá.Hematology Department, Institut Català d’Oncologia,
Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut de Recerca contra
la Leucèmia Josep Carreras, Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona. , Badalona, Spain
Expression and sub-cellular localisation of NFkappaB
in lymphoproliferative diseases: optimisation of an
antibody panel for imaging flow cytometry.
Kimberley J Roehrig1, Lizz F Grimwade2, Kathy Heel1,
Dian A Teguh1, Mike A Scott2, Mars B van 't Veer2, Jill
Finlayson3, Wendy N Erber1. 1School of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia,
Crawley, Australia, 2Haemato-Oncology Diagnostic
Service, Haematology Department, Cambridge University
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United
Kingdom, 3Department of Haematology, PathWest
Laboratory Medicine, Perth, Australia
Electropherogram patterns of Hb Constant Spring and
Hb Pakse on capillary zone electrophoresis
Nattaya Sae-ung, Sivanon Thermsook , Sukhum
Srijumnong, Goonapa Fucharoen, Supan
Fucharoen. Centre of Research and Development of
Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Khon Kaen University,
Khon Kaen, Thailand
The association of FXIII val34leu polymorphism
with cerebrovascular thrombosis in Iranian patients
Seyed Mehdi Sajadi1, Hamzeh Rahimi2, shahram samiei3,
maryam kheirandish4, Zahra Ataiei5, Mahnaz Kavari6,
Maryam Abdollahi7. 1Birjand university of medical
sciences, Birjand, Iran, 2molecular medicine, Pasteur
institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran, 3Iranian blood transfusion
research center, Tehran, Iran, 4Iranian blood transfusion
research center, Tabriz, Iran, 5Iranian blood transfusion
research center, Tehran, Iran, 6Iranian blood transfusion
research center, Tehran, Iran, 7Iranian blood transfusion
research center, Tehran, Iran
Prevalence and prognostic value of IDH1 R132
mutation in newly diagnosed AML Egyptian patients
with normal karyotype
Dalia Salem1, Sherine Abdel Aziz1, Nadia Elmenshawy1,
Tarek Abouzid2, Mohamed Ebrahim3. 1Clinical Pathology
Department, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura,
Egypt, 2Clinical Hematology Unit, Oncology Center,
Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt, 3Medical
Oncology Unit, Oncology Center, Mansoura Faculty of
Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
Flow Cytometry of Bone Marrow Aspirates in the
Diagnosis of Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Roger Schindhelm, Mark De Jong, Ellen Kramer. Isala
klinieken, Zwolle, Netherlands
The molecular-genetics mechanisms of platelets
activation in patients with cerebrovascular disease
Olga Sirotkina1,2,3, Anastasiya Laskovets3, Vitaliy
Goldobin3, Tatiana Vavilova2,3.1B.P. Konstantinov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Saint-Petersburg,
Russia, 2Federal Almazov Medical Research Centre,
Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 3North-Western State Medical
University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Saint-Petersburg,
Russia
A Comparison of High Resolution Melting, Allelespecific Priming and Sanger Sequencing for the
Detection of BRAFV600E Mutation in Hairy Cell
LeukaemiafromDifferent Haematological Specimens
Chi-Chiu So1, Amy Chan2, Lap-Ping Chung2. 1Department
of Pathology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
China, 2Department of Pathology and Clinical
Biochemistry, Hong Kong, China
STANDARDIzing PRE-ANALYTICAL STAGE OF
BLOOD SMEAR PREPARATION. IMPORTANCE FOR
AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS SYSTEMS
Dmitry Sosnin, Olga Nenasheva, Oleg Kubarev. Perm
State Medical Academy , Пермь, Russia
Six-day stability of reticulocyte and erythrocyte
parameters in-vitro: a comparison of blood samples
from healthy, iron deficient and thalassemic
individuals
Åshild A. Sudmann-Day1, Armin Piehler2, Olav
Klingenberg1, Petter Urdal1.1Department of Medical
Biochemistry, Oslo University hospital, Oslo,
Norway, 2Fürst Medical Laboratory, Oslo, Norway
Performance Evaluation of the Integrated Slide
Processing System Sysmex DI-60
Yamamoto Takamasa1, Yoko Tabe2, Imiko Maenou1, Rie
Nakai3, Mayumi Idei2, Takashi Horii1, Takashi Miida2,
Akimichi Ohsaka1. 1Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo,
Japan, 2Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo,
Japan, 3Sysmex Corporation, Hyogo, Japan
Age-Based Difference in Heparin Monitoring in
Pediatric ECMO
Jun Teruya, Shilpa Hundalani, Vadim Kostousov. Texas
Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, TX, United States
The First Step to Establish External Quality
Assessment Scheme for Point-of-Care INR in Thailand
Panutsaya Tientadakul, Achara Chuntarut. Faculty of
Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University , Bangkok,
Thailand
Impact of the proton pump inhibitors on platelet
response to clopidogrel
A. Anil Timur1, Gurunathan Murugesan1, John Barnard2,
Sanjay Gandhi3, Deepak L. Bhatt4, Kandice KottkeMarchant1. 1Cleveland Clinic, Robert J. Tomsich Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland, OH, United
States, 2Cleveland Clinic, Quantitative Health Sciences,
Cleveland, OH, United States, 3MetroHealth Campus-Case
Western Reserve University, Heart and Vascular Center,
Cleveland, OH, United States, 4Brigham and Women's
Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United
States
Erythrocyte subsets in the differential diagnosis of
microcytic anemia
ELOISA URRECHAGA1, Johannes JML Hoffmann2, Luis
Borque3, Jesus F Escanero3.1HOSPITAL GALDAKAO
USANSOLO, GALDAKAO VIZCAYA, Spain, 2Medical &
Scientific Affairs, Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott GmbH & Co,
Wiesbaden-Delkenheim, Germany, 3Department of
Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Erythrocyte and reticulocyte indices by CELL-DYN
Sapphire in Hemodialysis patients
ELOISA URRECHAGA1, Johannes Hoffmann2, Luis
Borque3, Jesus Escanero3.1HOSPITAL GALDAKAO
USANSOLO, GALDAKAO VIZCAYA, Spain, 2Medical &
Scientific Affairs, Abbott Diagnostics, WiesbadenDelkenheim, Germany, 3Department of Pharmacology and
Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zaragoza,
Zaragoza, Spain
Reticulocyte Hb equivalent and hypochromic red cells
in the detection of latent iron deficiency in non-anemic
premenopausal women
ELOISA URRECHAGA1, Elia Crespo1, Luis Borque2, Jesus
Escanero2. 1HOSPITAL GALDAKAO USANSOLO,
GALDAKAO VIZCAYA, Spain, 2Department of
Pharmacology and Physiology Faculty of Medicine.
University of Zaragoza., Zaragoza, Spain
The SKML hemocytometry external quality control
(EQC) as an external quality control for flow
cytometric leukocyte differentiation by Cytodiff tm.
Gert-Jan van de Geijn1, Andre van Rossum 2, Guido
Lansbergen3, 4, Jeffrey Keuren3,4, Karin Mohrmann5, Feitse
Jan Duisterwinkel6, Adrian Kruit6, Nannette Brouwer7,
Gerard Beukeveld8, Sjef van de Leur9, Geert Weijers10,
Tjin Njo1. 1Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam,
Netherlands, 2Bronovo Hospital, Den Haag,
Netherlands, 3Zuwe Hofpoort Hospital, Woerden,
Netherlands, 4Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda,
Netherlands, 5SHL-group, Etten-Leur, Netherlands, 6Nij
Smellinghe Hospital, Drachten, Netherlands, 7't Lange
Land Hospital, Zoetermeer, Netherlands, 8Westfries
Gasthuis Hospital, Hoorn, Netherlands, 9Isala Hospital,
Zwolle, Netherlands, 10Beckman Coulter, Woerden,
Netherlands
Quantification of BCR-ABL1 transcripts on bone
marrow samples using the GeneXpert based V1
cartridge system
Christine Van Laer, Jan De Roover, Bieke Wilmsen,
Katrien Bruyninckx, Nancy Boeckx. UZ Leuven, Leuven,
Belgium
Expedience of the Green and King rule implemented in
the hematology-analyser software for screening for
Hb-pathies
Edwin van Mire. MDC-Amstelland, Amstelveen,
Netherlands
Hemostatic function in thyroid disorders
Tatiana Vavilova1, Elizaveta Egorova2, Andrey
Ivanov2. 1Federal Almazov Medical Research Center,
Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2S.M.Kirov Military Medical
Academy, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
FETAL HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINES THE DEGREE OF
ANISOCYTOSIS IN BETA AND DELTA BETA
THALASSAEMIA TRAIT
Diego Velasco-Rodríguez1, Juan Manuel AlonsoDomínguez1, Fernando Ataúlfo González-Fernández1,2,
Raquel Guillén1, Paloma Ropero2, Natalia Acedo1, Cristina
Serí1, Beatriz Álvarez1, Jesús Villarrubia1, Fernando
Cava1. 1Laboratorio Central de la Comunidad de Madrid
(Unilabs, BR Salud), Madrid, Spain, 2Hospital Clínico San
Carlos, Madrid, Spain
ANALYSIS OF RETICULOCYTE PARAMETERS IN
HEMOGLOBIN S TRAIT AND HEMOGLOBIN C TRAIT
Diego Velasco-Rodríguez1, Juan Manuel AlonsoDomínguez1, Fernando Ataúlfo González-Fernández1,2,
Paloma Ropero2, Raquel Guillén1, Cristina Serí1, Natalia
Acedo1, Beatriz Álvarez1, Jesús Villarrubia1, Fernando
Cava1. 1Laboratorio Central de la Comunidad de Madrid
(Unilabs, BR Salud), Madrid, Spain, 2Hospital Clínico San
Carlos, Madrid, Spain
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE RATE OF MANUAL
VALIDATION IN THE LABORATORY OF HEMATOLOGY
Diego Velasco-Rodríguez, Marta Jiménez-Rolando, Juan
Manuel Alonso-Domínguez, Raquel Guillén, Jesús
Villarrubia, Fernando Ataúlfo González-Fernández,
Fernando Cava. Laboratorio Central de la Comunidad de
Madrid (Unilabs, BR Salud), Madrid, Spain
CONGENITAL HEXOKINASE (HK1) DEFICIENCY
ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE NEONATAL
HAEMOLYTIC ANAEMIA DUE TO A NOVEL HK1 GENE
MUTATION. USEFULNESS OF HK/PK RATIO FOR THE
DIAGNOSIS
Juan LLuis Vives Corrons1, María del Mar Mañú Pereira1,
Pilar Goméz1, Laura Olaya1, Richard Van Wijk2. 1Red Cell
Pathology Unit. Hospital Clinic. University of Barcelona.,
Barcelona, Spain, 2Department of Clinical Chemistry and
Haematology. University Medical Center of Utrecht,
Utrecht, Netherlands
Improvement of the leukocyte differential performed
by flow cytometry using the advanced 2.0 version of
the CytoDiff CXP software
Orianne Wagner-Ballon1,2, Antoine Cottard3, Jérome Le
Priol3, Beatrice Ly-Sunarram3, Thierry Fest3,4, Mikael
Roussel3,4. 1Département d'Hématologie et d'Immunologie
biologiques, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, APHP,
Créteil, France, 2UPEC, Créteil, France, 3Laboratoire
d'Hématologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France, 4INSERM
U917, Rennes, France
SF3B1 mutation is a rare event in Chinese patients
with acute and chronic myeloid leukemia
Jing Yang1, Jun Qian1, Dong-ming Yao1, Si-xuan Qian2,
Wei Qian1, Jiang Lin1, Gao-fei Xiao1, Cui-zhu Wang1,
Zhao-qun Deng1, Ji-chun Ma1, Xing-xing Chen1. 1Affiliated
People’s Hospital of Jiangsu , Zhenjiang, China, 2The First
Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical Hospital, Nanjing,
China
Haemostatic abnormality associated with deep vein
thrombosis in Sudanese patients.
alfatih aboalbasher yousif,MSc,MT(ASCPi)1, Elwaleed
Elamin,PhD2, Abdelrahim Muddathir,PhD3. 1Al Zaiem Al
Azhari University Department of hematology and blood
transfusion , khartoum Sudan, 2Al Zaiem Al Azhari
University faculty of medical laboratory sciences ,
khartoum Sudan, 3Al Zaiem Al Azhari University
Department of hematology and blood transfusion ,
khartoum Sudan
Better detection of Ig and T-cell receptor gene
rearrangement in cell-free plasma DNA from patients
with acute myeloid leukemia and its implications for
minimal residual disease
ling zhong, Yanxing LI, Wenfang HUANG. Department of
Clinical Laboratory, Sichuan Academy of Medical
Science﹠Sichuan Provincial Peoples’ Hospital, chengdu ,
China
Sticky platelet syndrome and platelet expression of
CD-62P
Ingrid Škorňová1, Jana Fedorová2, Daniela Chudá3, Ján
Staško1, Pavol Hollý1, Peter Kubisz1. 1Comenius
University, JLF Martin, Martin, Slovakia, 2Hemo-Medika,
s.r.o., Martin, Slovakia, 3National Transfusion Service SR
s.r.o., Martin, Slovakia
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