M0 AML, clinical and biologic features of the disease, including AML1 gene mutations: a report of 59 cases by the Groupe Français d'Hématologie Cellulaire (GFHC) and the Groupe Français de Cytogénétique Hématologique (GFCH).

Mutations of the AML1 gene are frequent molecular abnormalities in minimally differentiated acute myeloblastic leukemia (M0 AML), a rare type of AML. In this retrospective multicenter study, morphologic, immunophenotypical, cytogenetic, and molecular features of 59 de novo M0 AML cases were analyzed and correlated to AML1 mutations. Point mutations of AML1 gene were observed in 16 cases (27%).