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Thereby the types and subtypes of leukaemias were classified and reported as per FAB Classification. [14, 3]

CLINICAL AND HAEMATOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF LEUKAEMIAS, USING CYTOCHEMICAL STAINS AND IMMUNOPHENOTYPING

More than 40 years after the FAB classification of acute leukemias was proposed, the role of MPO in defining myeloid lineage or mixed lineage is still a topic of discussion and investigation.

Mixed-Phenotype Acute Leukemia: Diagnostic Criteria and Pitfalls

It was found as an indicator of disease prognosis in French multicenter AML trial in AML with t(8;21) (equivalent to M2 type in FAB classification).

Recent advances in diagnostic and prognostic aspects of acute myeloid leukaemia

FAB classification of acute myeloid leukaemia is still commonly used in our country because of its good reproducibility and easy application even in under resourced laboratories6,7.

HAEMATOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND FREQUENCY OF FAB SUBTYPES IN PATIENTS OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA: A SINGLE CENTER STUDY

Table 1: Frequency and percentage of 98 cases of AML cases according to FAB classification according to age and gender stratification.

ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SEASONALITY, A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE

CR correlated with age (P = 0.012), favorable karyotype (P = 0.010), and AML etiology (P = 0.022) but was not correlated with the induction protocol (P = 0.888) or the FAB classification (P = 0.128).

Possible benefit of consolidation therapy with high-dose cytarabine on overall survival of adults with non-promyelocytic acute myeloid leukemia

Regarding FAB classification, this study, in accordance with others, confirmed that NPM1 mutations occur most commonly in FAB class M5 (p=0.001) (7), (13), (20), (23).

Prognostic impact of nucleophosmin 1 (NPM1) gene mutations in egyptian acute myeloid leukemia patients / Nukleofosmin 1 (NPM1) Gen Mutasyonunun Misirli Akut Miyeloid Losemi Hastalarmdaki Prognostik Onemi

FAB classification = French-American-British classification

Acquired acute myelogenous leukemia after therapy for acute promyelocytic leukemia with t(15;17): a case report and review of the literature

We were surprised that the FAB Classification System is used for the acute leukemias and myelodysplastic syndromes instead of the WHO Classification System, which has been in print for over a year.

Clinical Laboratory Medicine, 2nd Edition

Aims of the present study to find out total prevalence of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia including their morphological subgroups classified according to FAB classification.