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Risk factors of myelodysplastic syndromes: a case-control study.
Leukemia - 1 Nov 2005
Strom S S, Gu Y, Gruschkus S K, Pierce S A, Estey E H
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about the etiology of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). A hospital-based case-control study of 354 adult de novo MDS cases and 452 controls was conducted to investigate associations between lifestyle characteristics and MDS risk. The distribution by French-American-British (FAB) type was 67 (19%) refractory anemia (RA), 38 (11%) refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts (RARS), 43 (12%) chronic...
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