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A comparison of XY FISH and BCR-ABL RT-PCR in 11 CML patients after sex-mismatched BMT

Patient no.	Months after BMT	% host by XY FISH (no. of cells)	% BCR-ABL positive by FISH (no. of cells)	RT-PCR BCR-ABL/ABL ratio, %
1	15	0.3 (1000)	1 (200)	1.0
2	28	0.2 (1000)	ND	0.03
3	19	0.2 (515)	ND	—^*
4	7.5	0 (500)	ND	—^*
5	33	0 (500)	ND	—^*
6	9	0 (500)	0.5 (200)	—^*
7	18	0 (500)	0 (200)	—^*
8	182	0 (500)	ND	—^*
9	2	0 (500)	ND	—^*
10	7	0 (1000)	ND	—^*
11	72	0 (503)	ND	—^*

Patient no.	Months after BMT	% host by XY FISH (no. of cells)	% BCR-ABL positive by FISH (no. of cells)	RT-PCR BCR-ABL/ABL ratio, %
1	15	0.3 (1000)	1 (200)	1.0
2	28	0.2 (1000)	ND	0.03
3	19	0.2 (515)	ND	—^*
4	7.5	0 (500)	ND	—^*
5	33	0 (500)	ND	—^*
6	9	0 (500)	0.5 (200)	—^*
7	18	0 (500)	0 (200)	—^*
8	182	0 (500)	ND	—^*
9	2	0 (500)	ND	—^*
10	7	0 (1000)	ND	—^*
11	72	0 (503)	ND	—^*

Negative by nested RT-PCR, not quantified.