Last 25 years in the diagnosis and treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome

Czech version

Authors: J. Čermák
Authors‘ workplace: Ústav hematologie a krevní transfuze, Praha
Published in: Transfuze Hematol. dnes,25, 2019, No. 1, p. 108-117.
Category: Review/Educational Papers

Overview

A review on the development of diagnostic and treatment procedures in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes in the course of last 25 years including new prognostic factors and treatment approaches.

Keywords:

diagnosis – myelodysplastic syndromes

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