WPSS versus simplified myelodysplastic syndrome risk score: Which is the best tool for prediction of survival in myelodysplastic patients?

Leukemia Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Breccia, Massimo ^a   Cannella, Laura ^a   Stefanizzi, Caterina ^a   Latagliata, Roberto ^a   Fama, Angelo ^a   Santopietro, Michelina ^a   Alimena, Giuliana ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

BLEEDING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VALIDATION STUDY; WHO CLASSIFICATION BASED PROGNOSTIC SCORING SYSTEM;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67349087948     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2008.10.027     Document Type: Letter

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