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The shadowlands of MDS: idiopathic cytopenias of undetermined significance (ICUS) and clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP).
Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program - 1 Jan 2015
Malcovati Luca, Cazzola Mario
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The WHO classification provides the best diagnostic approach to myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). However, biologic and analytic limitations have emerged in the criteria currently adopted to establish the diagnosis and to classify MDS. The provisional category of idiopathic cytopenia of undetermined significance (ICUS) has been proposed to describe patients in whom MDS is possible but not proven. To formulate a...
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