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Patients with FCM+\/CC+ had higher CSF leukemic blast counts compared to patients positive by FCM only (medians: 0.10 vs. 0.017 leukemic blasts\/\u03bcl, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.006). Patients positive by FCM had higher white blood cell counts in peripheral blood than patients negative by FCM (medians: 45 \u00d7 10<jats:sup>9<\/jats:sup>\/l vs. 10 \u00d7 10<jats:sup>9<\/jats:sup>\/l, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001), were younger (medians: 3 years vs. 4 years, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.03), and more frequently had T\u2010cell ALL (18\/87 vs. 16\/213, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.001). At treatment day 15, five of 52 patients (10%) who had CSF positive by FCM at diagnosis remained so despite at least two doses of weekly intrathecal chemotherapy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Longer follow\u2010up is needed to clarify whether FCM positivity has prognostic significance and is an indicator for intensified CNS\u2010directed therapy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/pbc.26128","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,7,22]],"date-time":"2016-07-22T14:32:48Z","timestamp":1469197968000},"page":"1935-1942","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Leukemic blasts are present at low levels in spinal fluid in one\u2010third of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia cases"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"63","author":[{"given":"Mette","family":"Levinsen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine University Hospital Rigshospitalet  Copenhagen 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