COMPARISON BETWEEN THE IMMUNOPHENOTYPE OF ACUTE MYELOID AND LYMPHOBLASTIC B LEUKEMIAS IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS 90

Between August 1993 and December 1996, 251 acute leukaemias, 151 myeloid(140 In adults and 11 in children below 15 years) - and 70 lymphoblastic B (31 in adults and 39 in children) where immunophenotyped by flow cytometry in our department. We analysed the expression of the following markers: CD2, CD3, CD3cit, CD4, CD5, CD7, CD8, CD10, CD11c, CD13, CD14, CD15, CD19, CD20, CD22, CD22cit, CD33, CD34, CD38, CD56, CD61, CD71, CD117, TdT, MPO, HLADR. Cytoplasmic and surface light chains of Ig's were done in B leukaemias.