Leukemoid Reaction Versus Chronic
Myelogenous Leukemia
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LEUKEMOID REACTION CML
WBC count High High
Peripheral blood smear Shift to left (blasts rare), toxic Shift to left with blasts, eosinophilia,
granulation, Döhle bodies basophilia
Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) High Low
Ph chromosome Neg Pos