A 72-year-old woman is found to have WBC 15,000/μL with absolute lymphocytosis on routine blood work. Peripheral blood smear shows small, mature-appearing lymphocytes with scant cytoplasm. Lymph nodes are not enlarged. Which investigation is most appropriate to confirm chronic lymphocytic leukemia and exclude other lymphoproliferative disorders?

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