1 Department of Hematology, Democritus University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
2 Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus of TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
3 Hematology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece.
4 Department of Computer Science, School of Sciences and Engineering, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, 2417, Cyprus.
5 Department of Hematology, Democritus University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece. ikotsian@med.duth.gr.