Research Article

Complexity on Acute Myeloid Leukemia mRNA Transcript Variant

Table 1

The eight FAB subtypes (t, translocation; del, deletion).

NameCytogenetics

M0Minimally differentiated acute myeloblastic leukemia
M1Acute myeloblastic leukemia, without maturation
M2Acute myeloblastic leukemia, with granulocytic maturationt(8;21)(q22;q22), t(6;9)
M3Promyelocytic, or acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL)t(15;17)
M4Acute myelomonocytic leukemiainv(16)(p13q22), del(16q)
M4eoMyelomonocytic together with bone marrow eosinophiliainv(16), t(16;16)
M5Acute monoblastic leukemia (M5a) or acute monocytic leukemia (M5b)del(11q), t(9;11), t(11;19)
M6Acute erythroid leukemias, including erythroleukemia (M6a) and very rare pure erythroid leukemia (M6b)
M7Acute megakaryoblastic leukemiat(1;22)