Alan List, MD | Authors

June 01, 2016

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of hematologic malignancies of the pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells. These disorders are characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis, including abnormalities in proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis.

March 13, 2010

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of hematologic malignancies of the pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells. These disorders are characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis, including abnormalities in proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. The overall clinical phenotype is peripheral cytopenias in the setting of a normocellular or hypercellular bone marrow and an increased risk for transformation to acute leukemia.

June 01, 2007

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of hematologic malignanciesof the pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells. These disorders arecharacterized by ineffective hematopoiesis, including abnormalities inproliferation, differ­entiation, and apoptosis.