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SUBMITTER: Fuchs O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3504201 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leukemia research and treatment 20120213
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with interstitial deletion of a segment of the long arm of chromosome 5q [del(5q)] is characterized by bone marrow erythroid hyperplasia, atypical megakaryocytes, thrombocythemia, refractory anemia, and low risk of progression to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) compared with other types of MDS. The long arm of chromosome 5 contains two distinct commonly deleted regions (CDRs). The more distal CDR lies in 5q33.1 and contains 40 protein-coding genes and genes coding mic ...[more]