Table 1
Mean number and percentage of hybridisation signals for each isolated nucleus in blood control, B5 fixed, and formalin fixed nuclei achieved with the X centromere specific probe
| Mean number (%) of cells with the indicated number of hybridisation signals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specimen | Fixative | Number of nuclei | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4+ |
| Blood | Carnoy's | 200 | 5 (2.5) | 186 (93.0) | 7 (3.5) | 2 (1.0) | – |
| Tonsil | B5 | 200 | 3 (1.5) | 186 (93.0) | 8 (4.0) | 3 (1.5) | – |
| Tonsil | Formalin | 200 | 6 (3.0) | 187 (93.5) | 7 (3.5) | – | – |
| MCL | B5 | 100 | – | 2 (2.0) | 76 (76.0) | 18 (18.0) | 4 (4.0) |
