Article
Loss of both CSF1R (FMS) alleles in patients with myelodysplasia and a chromosome 5 deletion.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Jul 1991
Boultwood J, Rack K, Kelly S, Madden J, Sakaguchi A Y, Wang L M, Oscier D G, Buckle V J, Wainscoat J S
Abstract excerpt
A high proportion of patients with myelodysplasia show characteristic karyotypic abnormalities in bone marrow cells. The most distinctive of the myelodysplastic syndromes is the 5q- syndrome characterized by refractory anemia, poorly lobulated megakaryocytes, and an interstitial deletion of the l...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Bone Marrow
- Chromosome Banding
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
