title: [Role of the biologist in the study of schistocytes].
abstract: The appearance of schistocytes in a peripheral blood film is considered to be an important diagnostic marker for thrombotic microangiopathy. However, the morphological analysis of schistocytes remains uneasy. To determine practice patterns in the biological management of schistocytosis, the French Group of Cellular Hematology from the French Society of Hematology conducted a survey on the approach of the diagnosis of microangiopathy. A guideline is proposed in order to cancel the substantial variation among biologists.
authors.affiliation: Service d'hématologie biologique, CHU Brabois, Nancy. jf.lesesve@chu-nancy.fr
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lesesve
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fenneteau
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cynober
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lecompte
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Grange
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Flandrin
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Troussard
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004913:Erythrocytes, Abnormal; D006801:Humans; D011697:Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis