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Clinical effect of point mutations in myelodysplastic syndromes.
The New England journal of medicine - 30 Jun 2011
Bejar Rafael, Stevenson Kristen, Abdel-Wahab Omar, Galili Naomi, Nilsson Björn, Garcia-Manero Guillermo, Kantarjian Hagop, Raza Azra, Levine Ross L, Neuberg Donna, Ebert Benjamin L
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BACKGROUND: Myelodysplastic syndromes are clinically heterogeneous disorders characterized by clonal hematopoiesis, impaired differentiation, peripheral-blood cytopenias, and a risk of progression to acute myeloid leukemia. Somatic mutations may influence the clinical phenotype but are not included in current prognostic scoring systems. METHODS: We used a combination of genomic approaches, including...
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