Myelodysplastic syndromes: 2014 update on diagnosis, risk-stratification, and management

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-108

  Garcia Manero, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZACITIDINE; GROWTH FACTOR; LENALIDOMIDE;

ACCREDITATION; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME 5; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOPENIA; DYSPLASIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROGNOSTIC SCORING SYSTEM; IRON CHELATION; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

HUMANS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84892888839     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23642     Document Type: Article

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