Two types of acquired idiopathic sideroblastic anaemia (AISA): A time- tested distinction

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 724-728

  Germing, U ^a,b   Gattermann, N ^a   Aivado, M ^a   Hildebrandt, B ^b   Aul, C ^a  

^a Dept of Haematology Oncol/C I   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone marrow cytology; Mitochondrial pathology; Myelodysplastic syndromes; Prognosis; Sideroblastic anaemia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, SIDEROBLASTIC; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CELL COUNT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034075482     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.01940.x     Document Type: Article

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