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[Classification and clinical findings of myelodysplastic syndromes].
Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology - 1 Apr 2014
Tsuruda Kazuto, Hasegawa Hiroo, Fuchigami Mai, Uno Naoki, Morinaga Yoshitomo, Miyazaki Yasushi, Yanagihara Katsunori
Abstract excerpt
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of related disorders in which bone marrow stem cells malfunction, while the type is diagnosed based on the WHO classification revised in 2008. Although the diagnosis largely depends on the cytomorphology, it is difficult to diagnose MDS based on the morphology alone, particularly in patients with < 5% blasts in the bone marrow and a normal karyotype. In Japan, a grading...
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