The clinical, haematological and morphological profile of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: A single institution experience from Turkey

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1372-1378

  Demirkan, Fatih ^a   Alacacioglu, Inci ^a   Piskin, Ozden ^a   Ozsan, Hayri G ^a   Akinci, Baris ^a   Ozcan, Ali M ^a   Yavuzsen, Tugba ^a   Yuksel, Erdinc ^a   Undar, Bulent ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

FAB classification; IPSS; Myelodysplastic syndromes; Prognosis; WHO classification

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPENIA; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; REFRACTORY ANEMIA WITH EXCESS BLASTS; REFRACTORY ANEMIA WITH EXCESS BLASTS IN TRANSFORMATION; REFRACTORY ANEMIA WITH RINGED SIDEROBLASTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34447570773     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190701377063     Document Type: Article

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