THE CHARACTERIZATION OF LEUKEMIAS WITH THE SYSMEX NE-8000

Blood samples from 118 patients with acute and chronic leukaemia and w ith more than 50% leukaemic cells were processed with the automated ha ematology analyser Sysmex NE-8000(TM), For 92 out of these 118 the dif ferences in the histograms and scattergrams of the NE-8000 could be us ed in an attempt to characterise the leukaemia, This interpretation of the histograms and scattergrams appeared to be highly suggestive of t he distinction between lymphatic leukaemia and myeloid leukaemia, and could be indicative of the presence of either the chronic or acute for m of both the lymphatic and myeloid leukaemias.