The who classification of the myelodysplastic syndromes

Experimental Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 166-169

  Bain, Barbara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Myelodysplastic syndrome; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANEMIA; ATYPICAL CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION 5; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; JUVENILE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME UNCLASSIFIABLE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME WITH ISOLATED CHROMOSOME 5Q DELETION; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; REFRACTORY ANEMIA WITH EXCESS BLASTS; REFRACTORY ANEMIA WITH RINGED SIDEROBLASTS; REFRACTORY CYTOPENIA WITH MULTILINEAGE DYSPLASIA; REFRACTORY CYTOPENIA WITH MULTILINEAGE DYSPLASIA AND RINGED SIDEROBLASTS; REVIEW; SYNDROME DELINEATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; 5Q- SYNDROME; ARTICLE; MIXED MYELODYSPLASTIC MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MYELODYSPLASIA;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 7044236930     PISSN: 02043564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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