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Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are clonal bone marrow disorders, characterized by quantitative and qualitative changes within hematopoietic cell lines. It is now generally accepted that they arise from neoplastic transformation of a multipotent hematopoietic progenitor cell. Findings in conformity with the malignant character of MDS are the frequent excess of blast cells in the bone marrow, the occasional occurrence of Auer rods [1], the defective ‘leukemic’ in vitro growth pattern of granulomonopoietic progenitor cells [2] and the presence of characteristic chromosomal abnormalities [3].
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Aul, C., Gattermann, N., Schneider, W. (1994). Descriptive Epidemiology of Myelodysplastic Syndromes. In: Büchner, T., Hiddemann, W., Wörmann, B., Schellong, G., Ritter, J. (eds) Acute Leukemias IV. Haematology and Blood Transfusion / Hämatologie und Bluttransfusion, vol 36. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78350-0_114
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