Refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts in children: Two diseases with a similar phenotype?

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 418-423

  Chan, Godfrey Chi Fung ^b   Head, David R ^a   Wang, Winfred C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial cytopathy; Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS); Refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts (RARS

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, REFRACTORY, WITH EXCESS OF BLASTS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; ERYTHROBLASTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0033496716     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199909000-00015     Document Type: Article

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