Alpha Naphthyl Butyrate Esterase Staining Method

Preferred Label : Alpha Naphthyl Butyrate Esterase Staining Method;

NCIt synonyms : Alpha Naphthyl Butyrate Esterase Stain;

NCIt definition : A cytochemical staining technique used to detect esterase enzyme contained within monocytes and macrophages, which reacts strongly with the substrate alpha-naphthyl butyrate. Monoblastic [FAB M5a (without differentiation) or M5b (with differentiation)] and acute myelomonocytic (M4) leukemias blasts stain when the butyrate substrate is used. Myeloid cells (either malignant or non-malignant) do not stain with nonspecific esterase techniques.;

Détails

Origin ID

C28416;

UMLS CUI

C1293962;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Butyrate esterase stain method (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Laboratory Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Butyrate esterase stain [LOINC method]
- Butyrate esterase stain method (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]

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