Analysis of 75 cases of acute myeloid leukaemia classified according to the FAB classification.
75 cases of acute myeloid leukaemia were retrospectively classified according to the French-American-British (FAB) classification. It was found that: (1) the proposed classification was easily applicable and reproducible; (2) M2 subtype was the most frequent (48%); (3) splenomegaly was absent in M1 subtype, and (4) in M2 subtype, a considerable number of cases presented with normal neutrophil and platelet counts.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D005260:Female; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male