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[Familial incidence of myelodysplastic syndromes].
Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960) - 1 Jan 2006
Wróbel Tomasz, Mazur Grzegorz, Pyszel Angelika, Biedroń Monika, Kuliczkowski Kazimierz
Abstract excerpt
The myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are heterogeneous group of clonal disorders of hematopoietic stem cells, which manifestation is cytopenia and hypercellular, dysplastic bone marrow, often with increased amount of blasts. The pathogenesis of majority of MDS remains unexplained. It is regarded that genetic predisposition and exposure to toxic environmental agents contribute to genetic mutations in MDS. Molecular...
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