^*Department of Pathology, Hospital Lluís Alcanyís, Xativa

^#Department of Pathology, Hospital de la Ribera, Alzira, Valencia

^†Fundación Jiménez Díaz

^‡Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, Madrid

^§Department of Pathology, Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona

^∥Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida

^¶Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitari Dr Josep Trueta, Girona

^**Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain

B-CLOSER-I was funded by a grant from Sysmex España S.L. The sponsor had no role in study design or in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data. All authors had full access to the data and the corresponding author was responsible for the final decision to submit the article for publication.

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

B-CLOSER-I Investigators: L. Bernet Vegué, M. Martínez, F. Sevilla Chica (Hospital Lluís Alcanyís, Xativa, Spain); F. Rojo (Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain); D. Hardisson, A. Suárez (Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain); A. Córdoba Iturriagagoitia (Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain); M.J. Panadés, A. Velasco (Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain); E. López Bonet (Hospital Universitari Dr Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain); R. Cano Muñoz (Hospital de la Ribera, Alzira, Valencia, Spain); L. Polo (Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain).

Reprints: Laia Bernet Vegué, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, Hospital Lluís Alcanyís, Crtra de Xátiva a Silla Km2, Xátiva, 46600 Valencia, Spain. (e-mail: [email protected]).