Morphological classification of the myelodysplastic syndromes: How much more education of diagnosticians is necessary?

Haematologica

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 490-491

  Bennett, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROGNOSTIC SCORING SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; REFRACTORY ANEMIA WITH EXCESS BLASTS; REFRACTORY ANEMIA WITH RINGED SIDEROBLASTS;

HUMANS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84875650240     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2013.084418     Document Type: Editorial

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