title: Quality assessment for immunophenotyping of leukaemias and lymphomas: the Dutch experience. The SIHON Study Group.
abstract: Sending material at regular intervals to laboratories that perform immunophenotyping of leukaemias and lymphomas showed a large variety in the percentage of positive cells between the different laboratories but an agreement in diagnosis of more than 90%. Each laboratory used his own methods but antibody panels and guide-lines for interpretation were standardised. Studies are in progress to answer the question if standardisation in flow cytometry will result in more comparable results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: van't Veer
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Gratama
mesh_terms: D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping / Q000592:standards*; D007938:Leukemia / Q000276:immunology*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology*