Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase Stain (LAP)
Optimizing Laboratory Testing for Hematologic
Disorders Series
Subjective Nature of the Scoring Process
September 2010
This slide, again, points out the subjective nature of the scoring process ranging from a 4 to a 3 to a 2 to a 1. I am sure you can appreciate the inexact nature of this scoring process.
Subjective Nature of Scoring Process |
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- Introduction
- Optimizing Laboratory Testing for Hematologic Disorders Series
- The Big Picture: We Need to Focus On...
- LAP: A Test That Time Has Passed By
- Abbreviations
- LAP: Assay History
- LAP: Original Clinical Utility
- LAP Procedure—an Inexact Science!
- Typical Staining Type Reaction
- Subjective Nature of the Scoring Process
- LAP Scoring Example
- LAP Discontinued at Mayo Clinic
- Low LAP Scores* Not Specific for CML: A Mayo 1-Year Experience
- Low LAP Scores* Do Not Indicate Myeloid Malignancy: A Mayo 1-Year Experience
- High LAP Scores* Not Specific for PV: A Mayo 1-Year Experience
- High LAP Scores* Do Not Indicate Myeloid Malignancy: A Mayo 1-Year Experience
- LAP: A Test Whose Time Has Passed
- Consequences of an Abnormal LAP
- Alternatives to LAP
- Alternatives to LAP: BCR/ABL
- Alternatives to LAP: JAK2
- Conclusions
- Questions?
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