Prevalence and survival of myelodysplastic syndrome of the refractory anemia type in hospitalized cognitively different geriatric patients

Gerontology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 323-327

  Beloosesky, Yichayaou ^a   Cohen, Amos Menahem ^a   Grosman, Boris ^a   Grinblat, Josef ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Beit Rivka Geriatric Rehabilitation Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dementia; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Refractory anemia; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CYTOPENIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033754469     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022185     Document Type: Article

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