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Table 1.

Reasons, Other Than Age, for the Exclusion From Entering the AIDA Protocol in 21 Patients Registered as AML-FAB M3

Exclusion Criteria	No. of Cases
Karyotype NA*/PML-RARα-negative	7
Karyotype NA/PML-RARα NE^†	3
Karyotype NE‡/PML-RARα-negative	2
Absence of t(15; 17)/PML-RARα-negative	2
Absence of t(15; 17)/PML-RARα NE	2
Karyotype NA/specimen for RT-PCR not sent	1
t(11; 17)/PML-RARα-negative	1
HIV-positive	1
Poor performance status/active serious infection	1
Other concomitant malignancy	1

Exclusion Criteria	No. of Cases
Karyotype NA*/PML-RARα-negative	7
Karyotype NA/PML-RARα NE^†	3
Karyotype NE‡/PML-RARα-negative	2
Absence of t(15; 17)/PML-RARα-negative	2
Absence of t(15; 17)/PML-RARα NE	2
Karyotype NA/specimen for RT-PCR not sent	1
t(11; 17)/PML-RARα-negative	1
HIV-positive	1
Poor performance status/active serious infection	1
Other concomitant malignancy	1

Abbreviations: NA, not available; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.

Karyotype, not available.

PML-RARα NE, poor quality RNA.

Karyotype NE, no mitosis or poor quality metaphases.