A physician strongly suspects CML in a patient and has already ordered a bone marrow differential and cytogenetic analysis for the Philadelphia chromosome. What other test would help confirm the CML picture for this patient?
a. Molecular assay for JAK2 kinase
b. Immunophenotyping with flow cytometry
c. Molecular assay for BCR/ABL1
d. PAS stain
Correct Answer: C
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