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How I treat patients with advanced systemic mastocytosis.
Blood - 23 Dec 2010
Valent Peter, Sperr Wolfgang R, Akin Cem
Abstract excerpt
Advanced systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a rare myeloid neoplasm characterized by uncontrolled accumulation of neoplastic mast cells (MCs) in various organs with consecutive impairment of organ function, drug resistance, and a poor prognosis. Advanced SM may present as smoldering or slowly progressing neoplasm but may also present as rapidly progressing aggressive SM or even as MC leukemia. Approximately half of...
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