FCS files from 553 BM aspirates from newly diagnosed MM patients were analyzed using the semi-automated algorithm named “FlowCT” v.0.0.951 (link), which is based on the analysis of multiple files by automated cell clustering. Briefly, FCS files were merged, underwent quality control, were normalized through batch removal steps and clustered using FlowSOM. After the computational clustering, the Infinicyt software v.2.0 (Cytognos SL, Salamanca, Spain) was used for the identification of each cluster. Statistical analysis was then performed based on the output of the software.
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