Background: Controversy in lymphoma classification dates back to the first attempts to
formulate such classifications. Over the years, much of this controversy arose from the …

New, diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of the various myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
are proposed, and a detailed description is given of the features that may help define MDS …

A uniform system of classification and nomenclature of the acute leukaemias, at present
lacking, should permit more accurate recording of the distribution of cases entered into …

Excerpt The first proposals for the morphologic classification of the acute leukemias by the
French-American-British (FAB) group (1) were put forward in the hope that they might serve …

Summary Introduction Since 1995, the European Association of Pathologists (EAHP) and
the Society for Hematopathology (SH) have been developing a new World Health …

We describe a form of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), designated AML‐MO, with minimal
myeloid differentiation, not included previously in the FAB classification. AML‐MO cannot be …

Peripheral blood, bone marrow films, and bone marrow biopsy specimens from 110 patients,
well characterised by clinical and laboratory studies, including electron microscopy, were …

Excerpt In the past, the French-American-British (FAB) Cooperative Group has classified
acute myeloid leukemia on the basis of the morphologic features and number of blast cells …

The degree of concordance in the morphological classification of ALL was assessed by the
FAB group after two successive reviews of 200 and 100 slides respectively. As a result, a …

We have reviewed our experience with four of the entities that are included under the
generic term chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), namely the classic Ph+ CGL, both BCR+ …