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DELETIONS OF CHROMOSOME 20q AND THE PATHOGENESIS OF MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS
1 Nov 1996
Abstract excerpt
Myeloproliferative disorders (MPD) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) represent an overlapping spectrum of clonal preleukaemic conditions in which mutations have resulted in dysregulation of multipotent haemopoietic progenitors. An interstitial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 20 is a recurring abnormality associated with both of these classes of disorders. The association of 20q deletions with 'stem cell'...
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